Jeje Lalpekhlua made a hat-trick to power heavyweights Mohun Bagan to a pounding 4-1 win over Club Valencia of Maldives in their arrival leg apparatus of the AFC Cup South Zone playoff. Jeje hit three goals in second, 45th and 82nd minutes while Sony Norde, making an arrival, also made his presence felt as he got the ball in the 87th moment.
Godfrey West Omodu, who had struck a solitary objective in the first leg, diminished the edge with his 52nd moment strike for the Maldives at the Rabindra Sarovar Stadium here.
Mohun Bagan join Bengaluru FC, Mazia Sports, Recreation of Maldives and Abahani Limited Dhaka in Group E and face the Indian I-League champions in their first match in an away installation on March 14.
Mohun Bagan started the arrival leg with a blast when Ahmed Usam’s handball inside the crate earned them a punishment straightaway in the first moment with Jeje easily slotting it home for an early lead.
Profiting by a defensive lapse, the Maldives furnish made it 2-1 with Omodu easily misleading Debjit Majumder under the bar.
Jeje finished his cap trap with Katsumi Yusua surging down the middle and discovering Prabir Das down the perfectly fine splendidly nestled into Jeje to finish.
Balwant set up the fourth objective for Katsumi to slide it sideways and Sony smashed it across the substance of the objective to finish the defeat.
In the first leg, Club Valencia striker Godfrey West Omodu invalidated Darryl Duffy’s sixth moment lead with his strike in the 71st moment and Mohun Bagan needed to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Jeje and Sony continued assaulting however they needed to hold up till the stroke of break for a 2-0 lead.
