East Bengal vs Odisha FC Highlights, Kalinga Super Cup: EBFC 3-2 OFC, Cleiton Silva ends East Bengal's trophy drought

With this, East Bengal will be playing in the AFC Cup next season. A magnificent end for Carles Cuadrat and his boys. That's all from us. Good Night and Thank You!

The fans at the stadium are in tears. It is the end of a dozen years which had a lot of pain. The East Bengal supporters endured many setbacks, but it has ended as the club moves towards a new dawn.

East Bengal - The Champions

Firlam Abar Rajar Moto (We are back like the King)

ফিরলাম আবার রাজার মতো! 👑

𝐉𝐎𝐘 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐋! ❤️💛#KalingaSuperCup #EastBengalFC #EBOFC #Champions #BattleForBengalsPride pic.twitter.com/kKAe4BHnuT

— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) January 28, 2024

East Bengal 3 Odisha FC 2 - East Bengal win Kalinga Super Cup

The Final whistle blows and the mighty East Bengal have done it. The 12-year-long wait for trophy ends in Bhubaneswar as they have beaten Odisha FC 3-2 to win the Kalinga Super Cup. Carles Cuadrat's men have beaten all the odds, but now without a scare. In the end, it is their Phoneix Cleiton Silva who fittingly gets the winning goal. The fans are jubilant as emotions overpour at the Kalinga Stadium. East Bengal are Champions! East Bengal are going to Asia!! The heartbreak is over. The pain has ended.

2 minutes added on at the end of Extra Time.

Sayan Banerjee tricks past a couple of Odisha players in the box but then his cut back to Mahesh takes a deflection and goes to Ralte's hands.

East Bengal vs Odisha FC Live Score

118'East Bengal have one man down. It is Saul Crespo who has taken a hit on the chest.

116'Saul Crespo fouls in the middle of the park and Ahmed Jahouh's long ball finds Diego Mauricio. The ball circulates to Amey Ranawade, whose cross is punched away by Prabhsukhan, but the flag is already up.

115'Amey Ranawade sends in a ball which is cleared by an East Bengal player. Then Carlos Delgado tries to thread through Isaka but it goes out of play.

113'East Bengal fans are jumping while the Odisha faithful are currently numb. Things can still change in a flash.

Goal for East Bengal

Goaaaaaaaal!! Cleiton Silva scores for East Bengal. The Brazilian has poked one in and the Red and Gold have the lead again. Ralte's pass to Narender won by Cleiton and slotted with ease.

110'VP Suhair sends in a teasing ball, but Amey Ranawade gets the crucial touch to keep it away from Sayan Banerjee. East Bengal win a corner.

Substitution - East Bengal

OFF: Md Rakip

ON: VP Suhair

East Bengal vs Odisha FC LIVE Score

Sayan Banerjee is fouled by Amey Ranawade. And then a head to head between them and the East Bengal youngster is on the deck. But all things end well as the duo hugs it out. But both are given Yellow Card for their theatrics.

East Bengal vs Odisha FC Live Score

107'Isaka Ralte tries to wriggle past Rakip but East Bengal clear the lines. Then Roy Krishna takes a superb shot from outside the box which is superbly saved by Prabhsukhan Gill.

2nd Half of ET starts.

ETHT: East Bengal 2 Odisha FC 2

It's level at Half Time of Extra Time. East Bengal are also down to 10 men after Souvik's Red Card. Two teams will quickly change the sides as we start the second half.

105'Amey Ranawade slips Diego Mauricio whose toe poke is saved by Prabhsukhan Gill.

Hijazi Maher fails to find Cleiton Silva in the box and Ralte comes and collects it.

103'The East Bengal corner is booted away by Isaka Ralte. The follow up comes to Hijazi but Amey Ranawade sticks to his task and wins the ball.

Corner for East Bengal.

102'Sayan Banerjee is ushered away by Roy Krishna, and then the Fijian is fouled by Naorem Mahesh.

Ajay Chhetri comes on for Borja Herrera. And we have a fan invasion at the pitch. He tries to take a selfie but the security personnel have captured the overenthusiast.

Things are now much more even stevens. Odisha have ridden their luck and now have the disadvantage slashed away. East Bengal need inspiration.

Red Card

Souvik Chakrabarti is given a Second yellow and East Bengal are down to Ten men. Parity in the score, and now parity in the personnel as well.

East Bengal denied by the bar. Souvik Chakrabarti finds the cut back by Saul but hits the bar. And then Cleiton Silva hits one wide.

EBFC 2 OFC 2 (ET, 1st Half)

95'Isaka Ralte tries to slip one of his teammates but retreats to Jahouh. The Moroccan's ball is intercepted by one of the East Bengal players with ease.

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94'A ball passed towards Cleiton Silva but it is overhit and Ralte claims it.

Substitution - Odisha FC

OFF: Cy Goddard

ON: Narender Gahlot

91'Borja sends one cross towards Cleiton but Ralte claims it.