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Kolkatans celebrate East Bengala
Football fans in Kolkata are celebrating as East Bengal beat BEC Tero Sasana in the LG ASEAN Cup final in Jakarta.
- NDTVSports
- Updated: February 25, 2007 08:48 AM IST
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Kolkata:
It was a dream run and football fans in Kolkata have been painting the town red - rather yellow and red.
East Bengal became the first Indian football club to win a major international tournament when they beat BEC Tero Sasana in the LG ASEAN Cup final in Jakarta and fans have been giving the club a victory lap.
aWe are very happy. This is the first time that a club from India has done so well. The government should now pay attention to football in India,a said a football fan.
The Kolkata club, who are India's National Football League Champions, beat Thailand's BEC Tero Sasana 3-1.
Baichung Bhutia, who scored nine goals in the tournament, was adjudged the player of the tournament.
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