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Alright, that's it for today from the Fatorda Stadium. Now you can catch the latest updates of match number 86 of the Indian Super League HERE. It's a cracker between the no. 5 and no. 4 sides.
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ISL 2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS, Jamshedpur FC vs SC East Bengal: Steinmann, Pilkington Score as SCEB Win 2-1
ISL 2020-21 Highlights, Jamshedpur FC vs SC East Bengal: SC East Bengal resist a late charge from Jamshedpur FC to bag all three points.
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- Updated: February 7, 2021, 7:09 PM IST
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SC East Bengal registered a crucial win over Jamshedpur FC to remain with an outside chance to qualify for the playoffs. A first-half goal from Matti Steinmann and a second-half goal from Anthony Pilkington were enough to beat seventh-placed Jamshedpur FC 2-1 and end their winless streak. With this win, SCEB move above Kerala Blasters and occupy the ninth position and are now two points behind Jamshedpur FC (18) and six points behind fifth-placed NorthEast United FC. SCEB were the better almost throughout the game as they dominated position and created more clear cut chances. Jamshedpur FC created reasonable chances only in the second half after the inclusion of Aitor Monroy in the mix. Peter Hartley scored the only goal for the Red Miners and Valskis hit the post once. Indian Super League match number 85 was being played at the Fatorda Stadium.
Nothing tastes sweeter than a victory! 😍
— SC East Bengal (@sc_eastbengal) February 7, 2021
We can all be proud of this performance - a complete team effort to ensure our 3️⃣rd win this season.
FT: JFC 1-2 SCEB#JFCSCEB #ChhilamAchiThakbo #WeAreSCEB #JoyEastBengal #LetsFootball #ISL pic.twitter.com/310jRNpZrK
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FULL-TIME
JFC 1-2 SCEB
SC East Bengal resist a late charge from Jamshedpur FC to bag all three points
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YELLOW CARD
90+2' | Nerijus Valskis is booked by the referee
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WHAT A SAVE!
90+3 | Subrata Paul with a match-winning save
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87' | SC East Bengal are playing it smart, they are trying to run the clock down by keeping the ball
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SUBSTITUTION
JFC Change
81' | Farukh Choudhary OUT, William Lalnunfela IN
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SCEB Change
83' | Anthony Pilkington OUT, Aaron Joshua Holloway IN
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GOAL
JFC 1-2 SCEB
83' |Peter Hartley pulls one back for Jamshedpur FC
83' GOAAALLL!
— Jamshedpur FC (@JamshedpurFC) February 7, 2021
Oh captain! Our captain!
Peter Hartley scores.
JFC 1-2 SCEB #JFCSCEB #JamKeKhelo pic.twitter.com/DTCKygwoaz
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HITS THE POST!
80' | Anthony Pilkington, hits the post this time. Bright played a beautiful through ball and Pilkington made ammends for his first touch with a delightful side-footed strike. Rehnesh had no chance there
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76' | Isaac Vanmalsawma looks in some pain, look he twisted his ankle. He needs some medical attention.
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71' | Laldinliana Renthlei gets the ball on the right side of the defense. He launches it long for Boris Singh to chase but the ball is overhit and it rolls out for a throw-in.
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SCEB Chance
69' | Bright with another mesmerising run, he goes past Stephen Eze and floats in a ball towards the far post for incoming Anthony Pilkington. But his pass is bit too heavy for Pilkington
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GOAL
JFC 0-2 SCEB
68' | Anthony Pilkington increases SC East Bengal's lead with a piledriver. A wonderful counter-attack from SCEB. Matti Steinmann received the ball and went forward with it and then played a through-ball towards Pilkington, who took a couple of touches before hitting a powerful strike past Rehnesh.
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SUBSTITUTION
Jamshedpur Change
67' | Seiminlen Doungel OUT, Boris Singh IN
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HITS THE POST!
63' | Valskis hits the post. Good play by Jamshedpur FC there after a long long time in the match. Farukh plays a cut-back for Valskis who time his run from the far post. The Lithuanian got a good connection with the ball it was inches wide of finding the back of the net.
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SUBSTITUTION
Jamshedpur FC Change
57' | Nicholas Fitzgerald OUT, Aitor Monroy IN
59' | Mohammad Mobashir OUT, Isaac Vanmalsawma IN
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58' | Bright picks the ball in the midfield and then slips in a pass for Narayan Das on his left. The LB after receiving the ball dashed forward, entered the box and launched a vicious strike but his effort was too close to Rehnesh TP under the goal.
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51' | Narayan Das is in sublime touch today. His passing and his without the ball run have been brilliant. The left-back again tried to fire in a cross into the middle of the box there this time he was blocked.
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If you missed the first half, here's the recap for you. There has only been one goal and only one shot on goal and that was by Matti Steinmann. Jamshedpur have given away too many free-kicks.
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SCEB Chance
48' | Narayan Das fires in another searching ball into the box, all it needed was touch and it could have gone in.
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47' | Peter Hartley concedes a free-kick on the far side of the field as he barges into Jaques Maghoma.
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SUBSTITUTION
Jamshedpur FC Change
46' | Narender Gahlot OUT, Ricky Lallawmawm IN
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SECOND-HALF
46' | Action resumes at the Fatorda Stadium. A BIG BIG second 45 minutes for Jamshedpur FC in store.
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HALF-TIME
JFC 0-1 SCEB
SC East Bengal have their noses in front at the break thanks to the Matti Steinmann header on the 6th minute of the match.
HALF-TIME | #JFCSCEB
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) February 7, 2021
Steinmann's header is the difference so far in Fatorda!#HeroISL #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/S3QmemxAyo
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WHAT A CHANCE!
45+3' | Another long throw-in by Raju Gaikwad, the ball fell for Steinmann and the German git his head to it but his header went wide.
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45' | A long throw-in by Narender Gahlot into the SCEB box, it was directed towards Stephen Ez. The defender got his head to it but his header went wide.
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41' | Bright almost dances his way to the goal there but some last-ditch defending deny him a goal. He skips past 2 players on his way to the box but Peter Hartley sticks his right foot to deny him a shot. steinmann got the ball and passed it back to Bright, who then lays it to Narayan on the left, but Narayan's cross cannot be converted.
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35' | Jamshedpur FC have been giving away too many free-kicks today. They haven't really made any inroads SC East Bengal's box. Sarthak Golui, the former MCFC man has successfully contained Valskis so far.
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31' | Another training ground routine from SC East Bengal there from the set-piece and Daniel Fox almost increased SCEB's lead.
ISL 2020-21 Highlights, Jamshedpur FC vs SC East Bengal: SC East Bengal registered a crucial win over Jamshedpur FC to remain with an outside chance to qualify for the playoffs. A first-half goal from Matti Steinmann and a second-half goal from Anthony Pilkington were enough to beat seventh-placed Jamshedpur FC 2-1 and end their winless streak. With this win, SCEB move above Kerala Blasters and occupy the ninth position and are now two points behind Jamshedpur FC (18) and six points behind fifth-placed NorthEast United FC. SCEB were the better almost throughout the game as they dominated position and created more clear cut chances. Jamshedpur FC created reasonable chances only in the second half after the inclusion of Aitor Monroy in the mix. Peter Hartley scored the only goal for the Red Miners and Valskis hit the post once. Indian Super League match number 85 was being played at the Fatorda Stadium.
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After a five-game winless streak threatened their chances of making the playoffs, Jamshedpur managed to get back on track with a win over Odisha FC in their previous game. However, coach Coyle will know that they need to maintain that momentum till the end of the season if they are to finish in the top four.
"The lads have worked so hard. Take each game at a time and try to be positive and win the game that's what we have to do," said Coyle. The one thing that Coyle appears to have got going for him is his defence.
Jamshedpur have now kept three straight clean sheets, a remarkable turnaround considering they conceded eight goals in their previous three matches. But he will need his attack to find form the winner against Odisha was Jamshedpur's first goal from open play in four games.
The last time these two teams met, East Bengal frustrated Jamshedpur despite being a man down for most of the game. Coyle knows how good Sunday's opponents can be.
"The bottom line is that East Bengal are a very dangerous team," said Coyle. "They have signed a lot of players. standards, they did not perform as well against Bengaluru. So they will be looking to try and win the game and keep themselves in contention.
"We have to be very respectful of the qualities that they have but also try to impose our qualities. That will be the key to the game." East Bengal, on the other hand, are in trouble. A loss on Sunday will more or less snuff out their playoff chances.
They are winless in five games and they have not scored in three of their last four matches. East Bengal will also be missing their suspended head coach Robbie Fowler. But assistant coach Tony Grant defended his team's displays in the league so far.
"I don't think it's been tough on the pitch," he said. "When you analyse everything, the team was only put in the ISL at the last minute. We had a two-week pre-season. I think the team has done tremendously."
"We're one point behind Kerala who've had many years to prepare for this year. All the staff and all the players deserve credit for the fight that they have shown and we will carry on showing that fight," Grant added.
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