2024-04-09 16:05:39
Chennaiyin defeated North East United in a crucial match for Indian Super League play-off qualification. Chennai won by two goals to one in an exciting match. Chennaiyin won the match with a goal scored in injury time. With this, Chennai has come close to qualifying for the playoffs. North East’s playoff hopes ended with this.
Today, there was no goal in the first half of the match, at the beginning of the second half, North East took the lead through the Malayali player Jithin. But Chennai was not ready to falter. They hit back hard at their home ground and equalized through Akash Sangwan in the 72nd minute of the match. Later, he tried to win. The winning goal came in the 91st minute. A magnificent grounder by Ankit Mukherjee went past the North East goalkeeper and into the net.
With this win, Chennai have 27 points from 21 matches. They are in sixth position. Only East Bengal can surpass Chennai. Chennai can qualify for the playoffs if they get at least a draw in the next match. Otherwise, even if East Bengal loses the point, Chennai will be able to secure the sixth position.
East Bengal will face Punjab in the final match and Chennaiyin will face FC Goa in the final match. East Bengal now has 24 points. To catch up with Chennai, they would have to finish ahead of Chennai on head-to-head advantage, so if Chennaiyin get a point in the final match or East Bengal fail to win, they can qualify.
North East, which has 23 points, will not be able to reach the sixth position even if it wins the last match
1712726648
#Chennaiyin #close #playoff #qualification #defeating #North #East