SHILLONG, MAY 4: Shillong Lajong FC sailed to the semifinals of the Federation Cup on Wednesday beating Kolkata giant East Bengal FC by 4-3 in a tie on aggregate at the Barasat stadium. Lajong had beaten East Bengal earlier too during the Shillong first leg by 2-1 on May 1.
Lajong scored the first goal when Fabio converted a penalty in the 17th minute. East Bengal then equalised also via a penalty by Ranti Martins in the 23rd minute. It was Lalrindika Ralte who made it 2-1 for East Bengal in the 37th minute, and leveled the aggregate to 3-3.
The score line remained 2-1 at full time and hence the play had to be extended to 30 minutes extra time; that is 15 minutes of each half.
Uilliams Bomfin Souza scored the second goal for Lajong and took the aggregate to 4:3 in the 114th minute of the game giving his team the well-deserved advantage to progress to the semifinals.
Lajong will play the first leg of semifinal away either in Kolkata or Goa on the May 8 and then play the return leg in Shillong on May 14.-By Our Reporter
All the best Shillong Lajong F.C.