{"id":26271,"date":"2016-03-12T05:26:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T05:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26271"},"modified":"2016-03-12T05:26:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T05:26:22","slug":"i-league-aizawl-fc-look-to-square-it-off-against-east-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26271","title":{"rendered":"I-League: Aizawl FC look to square it off against East Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25234\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/East-Bengal-during-training-session.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"East Bengal during training session\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/East-Bengal-during-training-session.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/East-Bengal-during-training-session-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>AIZAWL:<\/strong> Aizawl FC and Kingfisher East Bengal are slated to clash their swords for the second time in the Hero I-League on Saturday. Having lost the first leg by 0-2 in the first leg at the Barasat Stadium, Aizawl FC will certainly look to square it off at their home pitch on tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Kingfisher East Bengal, third in the Hero I-League table now, have acquired 17 points from 10 matches while Aizawl FC have garnered 9 precious points from 10 matches. Kingfisher East Bengal will look to make a winning comeback tomorrow after two successive losses on the road against Salgaocar FC and DSK Shivajians. In their last Hero I-League fixture, Aizawl FC have snatched a hard-earned point against Mumbai FC at the Cooperage Ground.<\/p>\n<p>In the pre-match press conference held today at Aizawl, Aizawl FC coach Jahar Das sounded positive, &ldquo;We think we can stop the attackers tomorrow. We were able to stop Bengaluru FC in our home match against them, remember, they are currently second in the table.&rdquo; He further added, &ldquo;We will try to attack and earn ourselves three points.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Aizawl FC defender Lalchullova Pautu also appeared at the press conference. He stated, &ldquo;It will be difficult to try to defend our net from the likes of Ranti Martins who is agile and adept with his attacking moves. But I will do what I can stop his efforts at the net.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kingfisher East Bengal are desperate for a win as coach Biswajit Bhattacharya opined, &ldquo;We have good players and they will play to their strength tomorrow.&rdquo; He didn&rsquo;t mince his words to praise Aizawl FC&rsquo;s valiant performance in the first leg, &ldquo;Aizawl FC played very well in Kolkata. We respect them as a team. They have lots of good players and we are very serious about the match tomorrow.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mizo player Robert Lalthlamuana categorically conveyed the importance of tomorrow&rsquo;s match, &ldquo;Tomorrow&rsquo;s match is significant as it could determine whether we have a chance to be the champions at the end of the season.&rdquo; It is an eagerly awaited encounter as the home-grown boys Shylo Malsawmtluanga and Robert Lalthlamuana are integral parts of the away team.<\/p>\n<p>The match will kick off at 2.30pm at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Aizawl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25234\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/East-Bengal-during-training-session.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"East Bengal during training session\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/East-Bengal-during-training-session.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/East-Bengal-during-training-session-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>AIZAWL:<\/strong> Aizawl FC and Kingfisher East Bengal are slated to clash their swords for the second time in the Hero I-League on Saturday. Having lost the first leg by 0-2 in the first leg at the Barasat Stadium, Aizawl FC will certainly look to square it off at their home pitch on tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[2656,13844,12975,11447,466,14765,343],"class_list":["post-26271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-aizawl-fc","tag-biswajit-bhattacharya","tag-football-news","tag-hero-i-league","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-jahar-das","tag-kingfisher-east-bengal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I-League: Aizawl FC look to square it off against East Bengal - 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=26271\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I-League: Aizawl FC look to square it off against East Bengal - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AIZAWL: Aizawl FC and Kingfisher East Bengal are slated to clash their swords for the second time in the Hero I-League on Saturday. 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