ISL6: Aizawl FC beat East Bengal 0-1, Kerala Blasters played draw with Northeast United
ISL6: Aizawl FC beat East Bengal 0-1, Kerala Blasters played draw with Northeast United
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The poor performance of East Bengal has continued and they suffered a 0–1 defeat to Aizawl FC here on Friday, which seems to be almost ending their hopes of winning the title in the I-League football competition. Matias Veron of Argentina scored a goal in the 76th minute to give Aizawl FC the victory, leaving East Bengal to suffer their fifth defeat in the last six matches. This is the second consecutive defeat for East Bengal after the arrival of the new coach Mario Rivera.

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With this defeat, East Bengal reached the eighth place in the table and their hopes of winning their first League title were also over. It was the first win in seven matches for the 2016-17 champion Ijo FC. Stanley Rosario's coaching team now has 11 points from 10 matches and is in seventh place. Kerala Blasters were forced to score points in their 100th match of the Indian Super League (ISL) by playing a goalless draw with Northeast United FC on Friday. After this goalless draw of the sixth season of the league played at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, the way of playoffs has become very difficult for the host Northeast.

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The team will now have to win the remaining four matches to keep their hopes of playoff alive. Northeast is ninth in the table with 12 points. Kerala team is already out of the playoff race. This was the sixth draw for the team in 16 matches, making it eighth with 15 points.

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