Kolkata: East Bengal FC head coach Antonio Lopez Habas and player Mohammed Rashid, left, during a press interaction on the eve of their AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage match against Kuwait’s Al Arabi SC, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)(PTI08_11_2026_000397B)
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Swapan Mahapatra
Kolkata: East Bengal FC head coach Antonio Lopez Habas and player Mohammed Rashid, left, during a press interaction on the eve of their AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage match against Kuwait’s Al Arabi SC, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)(PTI08_11_2026_000397B)
| Photo Credit:
Swapan Mahapatra
elcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the AFC Champions League Two preliminary knockout fixture between East Bengal and Al-Arabi at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Wednesday.
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Hello!
We are back with more Indian football, and it’s an important one. Indian Super League champion East Bengal is hoping to get into the group stage of the AFC Champions League Two – Asia’s second tier of club football – with a win over Kuwait’s Al-Arabi in a preliminary knockout fixture. And what better place than the storied Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata to have it. But we’ll wait and see how many fans turn up for this. Stay tuned, we’ll keep you updated with the team news and anything and everything related to the match.
Published on Aug 12, 2026
