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SportsPosted at: Feb 11 2021 8:04PM


First of four finals for SC East Bengal against Hyderabad

Panaji, Feb 11 (UNI) SC East Bengal have had a stop-start debut campaign in the Hero
Indian Super League.
They've spent most of the season near the bottom of the table. Despite that, it's not all
over for them, for a win against fourth-placed Hyderabad FC at the Tilak Maidan on Friday
will take them to within four points of their opponents with three games left. The first of
four finals for them starts tomorrow.
SCEB have 16 points from 16 games. They would still need favors from other teams to
dent the chances of NorthEast United FC, Hyderabad and FC Goa – who are all tied on
23 points with 16 games played — but it is not out of the question. They face ATK Mohun
Bagan, NorthEast and wooden-spooners Odisha FC in their last three games. But for
assistant coach Tony Grant, Friday's test may be the toughest one yet.
“I rate them higher than most of the other clubs. They are better than the last two years
and they got some good players. It’s going to be a tough game.”
“They are few points ahead of us so they have got more to try and hold on to," he added.
But to get anything out of the match, SCEB will have to be at their best in the final third.
They have scored the lowest number of goals from open play (7) and talisman Bright
Enobakhare has faded after a bright start. There is every chance the match will be decided
in the second half — Hyderabad have scored 75 percent of their goals in the second half
while SCEB have conceded 14 out of 21 goals in the same period.
East Bengal had their finest game against Jamshedpur FC with the entire squad putting on
a good display. Grant maintained that he prefers to start with a similar eleven but wasn’t sure
if that was the best 11. “We can’t play the same 11. We played really well. We would like to
play the same team but whether we have any knocks or inquiries, we will find out later,” Grant
said.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad coach Manuel Marquez, who has just extended his contract with the
team, knows that a win will be a giant step towards making the playoffs. His team is on an
eight-match unbeaten run and will look to continue their good form.
“It’s a tough game. I think that they have changed a lot of players. But we will try to win,"
he said. “(If) we win all the games, we will be in the top four. The end is close. We need to
take it game by game and win points."
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