Have 100% belief that East Bengal FC will make the playoffs: Bino George
The interim head coach was pleased with the team's efforts despite a fourth straight defeat in the league.

East Bengal FC interim head coach Bino George suggested that he retains full faith in his team to turn things around despite the Red and Gold brigade falling to their fourth straight defeat in the Indian Super League (ISL) with a 0-2 loss against Jamshedpur FC at the JRD Tata Sports Complex on Saturday.
Saul Crespo missed a penalty for East Bengal FC and Cleiton Silva and Hector Yuste rattled the woodwork as the Kolkata Giants were undone at the other end by a goal from Rei Tachikawa and an own goal from Lalchungnunga.
George felt his team were punished for not taking their chances.
“They got two big chances and they scored. We are trying our best. I appreciate the boys today, they did their best. We had a lot of possession, we created a lot of chances. Points are important right now, but unfortunately we don't have any. Football is like that sometimes,” he said during the post-match press conference.
“Luck was also a factor today. We missed the penalty, we hit the woodwork multiple times. Their goalkeeper made many outstanding saves. If the penalty had gone in, the game would have changed completely,” he added.
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The former Gokulam Kerala head coach felt his team has the quality to turn their fortunes around and has firm belief in the team to get out of this difficult phase.
“Compared to the last three games, we played more attacking football. We were attacking from the first minute itself. East Bengal FC have a spirit and that will come back. We have a break. Hopefully, we can make a fresh start,” he said.
“I still believe that my players have quality. My duty is to push them and motivate them. It's just four games, ISL is a very long league. I have 100% belief that East Bengal FC will be among the top six,” he added.
On being asked why Jesin TK, who was the top goalscorer for East Bengal FC in the Calcutta Football League was left on the bench as an unused substitute, George said, “Jesin is a good player but there is a big difference between Calcutta Football League and the ISL. He is young and we don't know how he will handle the pressure of playing in the ISL. We had some experienced players, so we used them instead,” he concluded.