Kolkata heavyweights East Bengal had been on Sunday topped champions of the Super Cup after rising 3-2 winner in an exhilarating remaining towards Odisha FC with Cleiton Silva scoring the decisive purpose right here.

Despite either side having a number of probabilities to attain, neither might convert because the match ended 2-2 after regulation time and in addition after the top of the primary half of extra-time.

Brazilian recruit Cleiton struck the winner for East Bengal within the 111th minute of the match, leaving his staff in a state of frenzy and the opponents shocked. Cleiton capitalised on a mistake from the Odisha FC goalkeeper and got here up with a neat end at an important juncture of the match, slotting the ball into the bottom-right nook with a left-footed shot. Odisha FC tried desperately for an equaliser within the remaining minutes however the East Bengal defence was as much as the duty, marking their opponents. East Bengal deserved credit score for the way they went about their job after they misplaced Shouvik following a second yellow card of the evening. Odisha, although, additionally had been taking part in with 10 males from the 69th minute after Mourtada Fall was given the marching order following his second offence of the evening.

The victorious East Bengal staff can be nominated to play within the prestigious Asian Champions League 2 preliminary stage of AFC 2023-24 season. Trailing by a purpose, Odisha FC equalised when Jahouh stepped as much as take a penalty and transformed it from the spot within the 98th minute.

Earlier, a penalty from Saul Crespo helped East Bengal take the lead within the 62nd minute. In the 52nd minute, a wonderful by means of go from Mahesh led to a superb purpose by Nandhakumar Sekar as East Bengal made it 1-1 within the second half. This was after This was after Mauricio put Odisha FC in lead along with his Thirty ninth-minute strike.

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