<p>Riding on a first-half strike by Tolgey Ozbay, East Bengal scraped into the final of the IFA Shield football tournament for the 40th time with a 1-0 win over Pailan Arrows here on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The winner came in the 21st minute at the near-empty Salt Lake stadium.<br /><br />Latching on to a lovely pass from Penn Orji from the midfield, Tolgey showed his class as he outwitted two Arrow defenders and let loose a right-footer into the far left corner of the net.<br /><br />Tolgay, declared man of the match, was a doubtful starter for the match after an MRI scan on Monday detected a groin injury.<br /><br />Penn made up for the absence of the injured mid-fielder Mehtab Hossain by feeding the forwards well right through the game which saw East Bengal dominate the opening half, while exchanges were even in the second session.<br /><br />Arrows rallied in the second half but they failed to create scoring chances.<br /><br />In Friday’s final, East Bengal will face the winner of the second semifinal between Brazil’s Botafogo FR and United SC on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Riding on a first-half strike by Tolgey Ozbay, East Bengal scraped into the final of the IFA Shield football tournament for the 40th time with a 1-0 win over Pailan Arrows here on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The winner came in the 21st minute at the near-empty Salt Lake stadium.<br /><br />Latching on to a lovely pass from Penn Orji from the midfield, Tolgey showed his class as he outwitted two Arrow defenders and let loose a right-footer into the far left corner of the net.<br /><br />Tolgay, declared man of the match, was a doubtful starter for the match after an MRI scan on Monday detected a groin injury.<br /><br />Penn made up for the absence of the injured mid-fielder Mehtab Hossain by feeding the forwards well right through the game which saw East Bengal dominate the opening half, while exchanges were even in the second session.<br /><br />Arrows rallied in the second half but they failed to create scoring chances.<br /><br />In Friday’s final, East Bengal will face the winner of the second semifinal between Brazil’s Botafogo FR and United SC on Wednesday.</p>