EAST BENGAL DOWN NEJMEH TO REACH AFC CHALLENGE LEAGUE QUARTERFINALS

East Bengal FC — battered and bruised in the domestic league and with their backs to the wall — finally found their place in the sun in Asian football —on the bank of river Raidak in the capital of Bhutan.

New coach Oscar Bruzon pulled a rabbit out of his hat as the red-and-gold brigade got the better of Lebanese side Nejmeh FC 3-2 to top Group A of the AFC Challenge League and sealed a place in the quarterfinals of Asia’s revamped third-tier club football.

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