East Bengal FC defeated NorthEast United FC 7-2 in 2026 IFA Shield second semifinals at Kishore Bharati Krirangan on Monday.
For Red & Gold Brigade, David Hmar Lalhlansanga scored a hat-trick (12′, 46′, 56′) while Rohit Kumar in 23′, Christopher Ikonomidis in 43′, Aké Loba in 85′ and Łukasz Zwoliński in 90+1′ scored the goals. For NorthEast United FC, Ajaraie scored a brace in 2′ and 83′.
This will be the 42 appearance for East Bengal in IFA Shield final. They earlier won 29 times while finished runners-up 12 times.
East Bengal will face arch rivals Mohun Bagan in final.
East Bengal FC Starting XI:
Phurba Lachenpa, Hardik Bhatt, Lalchungnunga, Rohit Kumar, PV Vishnu, Chris Ikonomidis, Dani Ramirez, David Lalhlansanga, Diego Zivulic, Jeakson Singh, Sandip Mandi
Picture Courtesy: East Bengal Media
