{"id":16719,"date":"2013-09-25T04:44:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16719"},"modified":"2013-09-25T04:44:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T04:44:00","slug":"aiff-congratulates-east-bengal-for-reaching-afc-cup-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16719","title":{"rendered":"AIFF congratulates East Bengal for reaching AFC Cup semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: All India Football Federation (AIFF) congratulated East Bengal on sealing a berth in the semifinal of the AFC Cup after beating Indonesia\u2019s Semen Padang 2-1 on aggregate over two legs on Tuesday (September 24, 2013).<\/p>\n<p>East Bengal\u2019s James Moga came off the bench to cancel out Padang\u2019s Edward Junior Wilson first half strike to edge past the Indonesian outfit 2-1 on aggregate courtesy the red and gold brigade\u2019s 1-0 win at home last Tuesday (September 17, 2013).<\/p>\n<p>AIFF President Mr. Praful Patel lauded the Kolkata outfit for their achievement. \u201cI congratulate East Bengal Club for their historic triumph. I wish them luck for the semifinals,\u201d Mr. Patel said.\n<\/p>\n<p>AIFF General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das sounded extremely thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tremendous achievement. East Bengal until this match had won all their matches which speaks volumes about their performance at the International Level. This is a proud moment for Indian Football. I wish them all the very best for the semifinals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>East Bengal become the first Indian Club since Dempo (in 2008) to reach the last-four stage of the AFC Cup, which is equivalent to Europe\u2019s Europa League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: All India Football Federation (AIFF) congratulated East Bengal on sealing a berth in the semifinal of the AFC Cup after beating Indonesia\u2019s Semen Padang 2-1 on aggregate over two legs on Tuesday (September 24, 2013).<\/p>\n<p>East Bengal\u2019s James Moga came off the bench to cancel out Padang\u2019s Edward Junior Wilson first half strike to edge past the Indonesian outfit 2-1 on aggregate courtesy the red and gold brigade\u2019s 1-0 win at home last Tuesday (September 17, 2013).<\/p>\n<p>AIFF President Mr. Praful Patel lauded the Kolkata outfit for their achievement. \u201cI congratulate East Bengal Club for their historic triumph. I wish them luck for the semifinals,\u201d Mr. Patel said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AIFF congratulates East Bengal for reaching AFC Cup semis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16719\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AIFF congratulates East Bengal for reaching AFC Cup semis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: All India Football Federation (AIFF) congratulated East Bengal on sealing a berth in the semifinal of the AFC Cup after beating Indonesia\u2019s Semen Padang 2-1 on aggregate over two legs on Tuesday (September 24, 2013). 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