East Bengal won their opening match in the ISL by a huge margin. The red and yellow forces beat North East United 3-0 at home. Although the first half was scoreless, East Bengal scored three goals in the second half. Foreigner Youssef Ezheri scored two goals for East Bengal in the debut match. Another goal by Brazilian Miguel. East Bengal played brilliant football throughout the match. The margin could have been wider had it not missed more than one goal.

East Bengal coach Oscar Brujo picked Nandakumar after the first goal that day. Edmund took the field instead of him. East Bengal immediately got a glimpse of the game change. Nandakumar was unable to sustain the attack. He was keeping the ball at his feet more. As a result, the pace of the game was slowing down.

After that, Edmund extended the pass to Ejezary in the Northeast box. The new foreigner took advantage of that opportunity. The Spanish striker put the ball in the North East net with the touch of his left foot. After that, Miguel scored in the very last leg of the game to make it 3-0.

After a long time, East Bengal started aggressively in a tournament. As a result, East Bengal fans are seeing a new ray of hope. The drought of the trophy is not cut for a long time for red and yellow. As a result, it is as if Ejejari has become a hawker of Spawn again.