East Bengal's hopes end in tears.

A stalemate in Kolkata, and they are out of the qualification race.

Saul Crespo tried to open his scoring with a long-ranger that got deflected off Roshan Singh.

Richard Celis gets cautioned.

Sunil Chhetri converts the penalty from the spot with a low but accurate kick that went inside through the right-bottom corner!

East Bengal's play-off dreams are done and dusted.

Nishu Kumar committed a handball inside the box, as Bengaluru receives a penalty in the last minute!

Bengaluru attack keeps pushing to break the deadlock, but the East Bengal defence are fighting neck-to-neck. The first shot from Sivasakthi hit the post, but Gill saved the rebound strike!

A brilliant counter-attack by East Bengal opened a space for a scoring opportunity, but David's close strike from the left was saved by Gurpreet!

In: Richard Celis, David Lahlansanga

Out: Rafael Messi Bouli, PV Vishnu

Vinith Venkatesh's strike from a distance went wide off the first post.

In: Sivasakthi Narayanan

Out: Namgyal Bhutia

Naorem Mahesh's free-kick went just inches over the crosspiece.

Vinith Venkatesh received a booking for a nasty foul.

Souvik Chakrabarti flashed a first-time volleyed strike from a distance, as Gurpreet dived in the air to deny the strike.

Roshan's cross into the box was headed backwards by Mendez, who found Williams but the Aussie winger's effort was blocked away.

Messi Bouli gets booked for a tough challenge.

In: Vinith Venkatesh

Out: Suresh Wangjam

In: Nishu Kumar

Out: Provat Lakra

Alberto Noguera is also booked for a foul he committed earlier.

Dimitrios Diamantakos is shown a straight red for an off-the-ball challenge on Noguera!

East Bengal are down to ten men!

Sunil Chhetri looked animated as he appealed for a suspected handball following Edgar's cross from the right flank.

Namgyal Bhutia received the first yellow for Bengaluru in this game for a foul.

Provat Lakra gets the first yellow for East Bengal this evening.

He will miss the next game.

Naorem kept his free-kick on target from a distance, but that was a routine collection for Gurpreet.

Anwar Ali is forced off due to an injury he sustained.

In: Jeakson Singh

Out: Anwar Ali

Prabhsukhan Singh Gill tipped the grounded ball from Ryan Williams on the right, as Anwar Ali cleared the danger away!

Messi Bouli's grounder from the left was initially stopped by Bengaluru defence, but it slipped away. PV Vishnu's follow-up strike on reflex from the six-yard box unbelievably soared over the crossbar!

Except the goal, this was the best opportunity East Bengal had in this game so far.

Naorem's strike from a distance rolled inside through Diamantakos' legs, as East bengal was about to celebrate, but the fourth official called for an offside!

Unlucky for the hosts.

Diamantakos took a strike from just outside the box, but Gurpreet made a solid collection.

Naorem Mahesh tried to test his luck with a long-ranger that went past the left post.

Prabhsukhan Singh Gill stayed alert as he made a great save to deny a powering header by Sunil Chhetri from inside the box. The second ball was also collected by him.

Crespo lost the ball in a tussle inside the box, as Messi Bouli revived the ball and slotted a beautiful grounded strike that fired inside the net!

Messi Magic in ❤️💛

1️⃣-0️⃣ 🆙

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— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) March 2, 2025

Diamantakos made a brilliant run on the left before delivering a pin-point grounded cross inside the box, but Vishnu's strike went just over the crossbar!

Diamantakos sliced a left-footed strike on the turn which was brilliantly stopped by Gurpreet!

The game is underway in Kolkata. 

Starting XI: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK); Namgyal Bhutia, Aleksander Jovanovic, Chinglensana, Naorem Roshan Singh; Alberto Noguera, L. Fanai, Suresh Wangjam; Ryan Williams, Edgar Mendez Sunil Chhetri

Subs: Sivasakthi, Salah, Capo, Narzary, Poonia, Danu, Palande, Shivaldo, Vinith 

Head Coach: Gerard Zaragoza 

𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒! 🗞️

Jovanovic joins the backline. 🧱
Fanai, Suresh and Noguera in midfield. 🔗
Chhetri returns in attack. 🔵#WeAreBFC #EBFCBFC #ನೀಲಿಎಂದೆಂದಿಗೂ pic.twitter.com/XHHoFpWQBP

— Bengaluru FC (@bengalurufc) March 2, 2025

Starting XI: Prabhsukhan Singh Gill (GK); Mohammad Rakip, Anwar Ali, Hector Yuste, Provat Lakra; Naorem Mahesh Singh, Souvik Chakrabarti, Saul Crespo, PV Vishnu; Dimitrios Diamantakos, Rafael Messi Bouli

Subs: Jeakson, Celis, Cleiton, David, Nishu, Debjit, Jesin, Sayan, Mark

Head Coach: Oscar Bruzon 

Your Red & Golds to take on the Blues tonight! ⚔️

Lakra and Vishnu come in for Nunga and Nishu. 🔴🟡#JoyEastBengal #ISL #EBFCBFC pic.twitter.com/jtJGgJRclk

— East Bengal FC (@eastbengal_fc) March 2, 2025

On 14 September 2024, Bengaluru FC salvaged a slander 1-0 victory against East Bengal in the first match-week of ISL 2024-25 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Vinith Venkatesh netted the only goal for the Blues.

Football fans in India can watch the game in ISL 2024-25 on Star Sports Network, Sports18 3 TV Channel, the JioHotstar App, and the JioHotstar website.

Match: East Bengal vs Bengaluru FC

Date: 2 March 2025

Time: 7:30 pm IST

Venue: Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata.

Thank you for watching the whole coverage. Northeast United FC will face Diamond Harbour FC in the final on 23rd August at 5.30 pm IST in Kolkata. 

We will see you in the final. Good night. Take care.

Kibu Vicuna remain unbeaten against East Bengal. 

East Bengal were a bit unlucky, but Diamond Harbour have fought well to get this scoreline. 

Justin's winner against his former team takes them to the final. 

Mirshad was great in the goal as well.

It will be Northeast United FC vs Diamond Harbour FC in the final,

🚨DIAMOND HARBOUR FC IN THE FINAL

Jobby Justin's winner and heroics from Mirshad take the debutant into the final by beating East Bengal 2-1 in Kolkata.

It will be Northeast United FC vs Diamond Harbour FC in the Durand Cup 2025 final. #DHFCEEBFC #DurandCup2025 #EastBengalFC pic.twitter.com/KcIi2PpQMW

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) August 20, 2025

Goal from Majcen but offside flag up.

Back-to-back corners for East Bengal, but they have not been able to take advantage of that.

Anwar goes for a long-range shot again and this time misses the traget by a mile.

In: Bikram

Out: Paul

8 minutes have been added as injury time.

In: Vishnu, David

Out: Lakra, Bipin

What a game he is having! 

Sibille's header is poked over the goal by Mirshad. 

Miguel's cross and Rashid had the chance to send the volley into the goal. But, he missed the target.

Justin scores against his former team. 

Diamond Harbour takes the lead. 

From the corner, Luka Majcen kept the ball alive and poked the ball towards Justin and East Bengal were not able to clear it. 

Diamond Harbour 2-1 East Bengal

Paul's shot from close range has been saved by Gill and it goes for a corner. 

Rashid's long range shot goes straight to Mirshad. Save from the goalkeeper. 

Ohhhh my god! 

It was a bit like Messi or a Lamine Yamal.

From the right, he curls one in with his left foot. He hits the crossbar. 

They have not let the ball go away from them for last few minutes. Rashid, Miguel and Bipin all had their chances in last 2 minutes. 

In: Naresh

Out: Mandi

In: Rashid

Out: Crespo

Sibille was brought down by Justin inside the box. But, no penalty has been given

Mirshad is now having a few nervous moments. He slips the ball for a corner.

It is the night of defenders. 

Anwar Ali's long-range shot from 45 yards goes straight into the goal.

DHFC 1-1 EBFC.

Against the play, Kortazar scores a stunner. 

Diamond Harbour take the lead. 

Anwar's half-headed clearance was sent into the goal by Kortazar's bicycle overhead kick. 

DHFC 1-0 EBFC

Jeakson's long-range shot was half saved by Mirshad. But before Bipin could take the advantage in the rebound, Mirshad made the grab.

I have not seen someone miss so many goals in a single match.
Diamantakos 🙏#DHFCEEBFC #EastBengal

— Koushik Biswas (@kbofficial25) August 20, 2025

Diamantakos took the chance with the free-kick. It went straight to Mirshad.

Yellow card for Melory.

Out: Samuel IN: Angou

Out: Hali In: Girik

Out: Ruatkima In: Melroy

Basim Rashid, who missed the Kolkata derby due to the demise of his father, is warming up. He gets a resounding applause from the crowd.

Save from Mirshad. Bipin Singh's attempt from close range has been saved by Mirshad. East Bengal are on a roll.

From the corner, Anwar's header found Diamantakos in front of the goal, unmarked. However, with an open goal in front of him, he headed the ball wide.

Diamantakos was running away with the ball on left. Kortazar had pushed and pulled him. But, no penalty was given by the referee. 

Another huge miss from Diamantakos. 

Mahesh's cutback from the left found him in close range. However, from a tight angle, he hit the side net.

Diamond Harbour's first chance of the second half was saved and blocked by Anwar. But that have Paul a chance to go for the goal from long range.

However, he skied the ball up in the air.

Change of personnel for East Bengal.

Jeakson has slotted in the midfield. Mahesh has gone to left wing with Bipin switching to right flank.

In: Jeakson  Out: Edmund

In: Lakra Out: Nunga

We are back from the break and looks like we will see some changes.

Both sides have hit the post once. Both teams have had their chances. 

But, East Bengal had more and better chances. Mahesh was absolutely brilliant. So was Robilal Mandi for Diamond Harbour. 

No goals in the first half. 

Mahesh's left-footed attempt first hit the post, and Miguel's rebound shot was saved by Mirshad.

The ball was going inside the goal, but was blocked by Kortazar.

Mahesh nearly found Bipin inside the box. 

But Ajith Kumar came in between to block it.

2 minutes have been added as injury time.

Luka Majcen is down with an injury and he is getting medical attention.

Super from Mahesh again, whose cross again found Diamantakos. However, Diamantakos missed the target with the header. This was perhaps the best chance for Diamantakos.

Mahesh's lobbed cross from the left was headed away by Diamantakos. Kortazar has been great at marking the Greek striker. 

Majcen, after receiving a cutback from Mandi, missed the target with a side footed shot from the edge of the box.

Mahesh and Diamantakos linked up well to find Miguel at the edge of the D box. However, Miguel lost the ball after a heavy touch. 

Yellow card for Nunga for a foul on Justin. He will miss the next match if East Bengal reaches the final.

This should be a goal. 

Justin received another great cross and on the half volley from inside the box, he missed the shot completely. 

Justin could not do justice to the pass from Samuel.

In a counterattack, Luka found Justin with a cross. However, Justin decided to make a cutback while Samuel was waiting. Samuel hit the crossbar with a shot from outside the box.

Mahesh has been very good in the last few minutes. This time, he found Diamantakos again with a link-up play. However, Diamantakos missed the ball and allowed Diamond Harbour to go for a counterattack. 

Long-range shot from Anwar Ali, and he was on target. 

Mirshad had to dive to his left to punch it for a corner. 

Justin received a long cross from the left. He was totally unmarked inside the box. 

However, he did not have a great angle to work with. Justin's shot was saved by Gill. 

The Highlanders march again! 🔥
The defending champions are back in the FINAL! 🏆#NEUFC #134thEditionofIndianOilDurandCup #PoweredBySBIandCoalIndia #DurandCup2025 #ManyChampionsOneLegacy #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/bK9ZnfZv2V

— Durand Cup (@thedurandcup) August 19, 2025

Mahesh found Diamantakos with a cheeky pass. The Greek striker missed his shot, while Miguel came running and made an attempt. 

However, he missed the target narrowly. 

Bipin Singh first tried to dribble past the defenders and find Dimi with a cross, but his cross was blocked. 

In the second attempt again, his cross was blocked. 

Nearly for Paul. He has already scored against East Bengal in the past. 

With a left-footed long-range shot, he nearly beat Gill. 

Gill had missed the ball but then grabbed it. 

Edmund has looked good on the right. This time, Sibille found him with a pass. Bipin on the left and Edmund on the right, with Diamantakos at the top, along with Miguel, would carry East Bengal's hope.

In a counterattack, Edmund made a good run on the left. However, his cross was blocked by Paul. Corner for East Bengal.

Here we go! Kick-off in Kolkata.

Diamond Harbour FC: Mirshad (gk), Kortazar, Robilal, Ruatkima, Liansanga, Paul, Justin (c), Ajith Kumar, Samuel, Halicharan, Majcen.

East Bengal: Gill, Rakip, Anwar, Kevin, Nunga, Saul, Miguel, Edmund, Bipin, Mahesh, Diamantakos.

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Diamond Harbour and East Bengal FC have never faced each other before. This will be the first time both these teams will go against each other. 

Football fans from India can watch Diamond Harbour FC vs East Bengal, the Durand Cup 2025 semi-final match on the Sony LIV app and website. Sony Sports Network will broadcast the match in Indian television.

Match: Diamond Harbour FC vs East Bengal, Durand Cup 2025, semi-final

Date: 20 August 2025

Time: 7 pm IST

Venue: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata