Vafa’s brilliant header gives CFC full points
The Hindu
Chennaiyin players showed good coordination and passing among themselves and applied pressure initially.
Vafa Hakhamaneshi’s brilliant 69 th minute header brought Chennaiyin FC back to winnings ways as the visitors recorded a 1-0 win over host East Bengal in an Indian Super League encounter at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Friday.
Chennayin posted its second victory, while EB suffered its fourth defeat and second in succession to the disappointment of more than 17,000 fans.
Chennaiyin players showed good coordination and passing among themselves and applied pressure initially.
Its lanky forward Petar Sliskovic had an excellent opportunity when he took the ball on the left and shot from close range only to miss the target in the ninth minute.
East Bengal defended wholeheartedly before launching some fine counterattacks.
In the 21 st minute, Suhair V. received a good ball and took it forward into the Chennaiyin box only to shoot marginally wide.
Chennaiyin initiated some raids, with Sliskovic and Anirudh Thapa threatening the EB post, but could not breach the EB defence.