It was former East Bengal man VP Suhair who helped Mohun Bagan set up a Durand Cup final clash against Gokulam Kerala...
Mohun Bagan were presented with an envious task of rubbing salt into arch-rivals East Bengal’s wounds on the same day, at the same stadium, without even playing the Kolkata derby!
The writing on the wall was simple and they did ultimately overcome the challenge posed by Real Kashmir in the second semi-final of the 2019 Durand Cup but not without drama.
If East Bengal had opened the scoring in the first half of their semi-final against Gokulam Kerala earlier in the day, so did Bagan.