Ranti Martins Notches Hat-trick As East Bengal Thrash Shillong Lajong
Published: February 09, 2016 
The homers had a good start, scoring through Martins in the 17th minute before the prolific striker picked up his second goal of the game in the 26th minute.
On 37 minutes, the 29-year-old put East Bengal 3-0 up, finishing a move that he started, before Jairu added more gloss to the scoreline seven minutes out of intermission.
Ranti Martins has now scored 7 goals in his first 7 matches of the season in the Indian top division.
Three Nigerian players - Martins, Bello Razaq(East Bengal) and Penn Orji (Shillong Lajong) -were handed starting berths at Barasat District Sports Stadium Kolkata and the trio lasted the distance.


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