Diamond Harbour FC sprung the most important shock of the Durand Cup because the debutant reached the ultimate of the 134th version of the match by beating ISL large Emami East Bengal 2-1 within the second semifinal on the Salt Lake Stadium right here on Wednesday.
The I-League Division 2 champion Diamond Harbour, which got here into the match after beating Jamshedpur FC within the quarterfinal, continued with the identical kind and struck two targets within the second half to remove 16-time champion East Bengal.
Diamond Harbour will tackle holder NorthEast United FC within the last on the identical venue on Saturday.
Spanish defender Mikel Kortazar drew first blood for Diamond Harbour with a spectacular overhead volley within the 66th minute, however EBFC cancelled the lead a minute later by way of defender Anwar Ali.
Diamond Harbour then silenced a gathering of round 25,000 partisan EBFC followers within the 83rd minute when Jobby Justin tapped house the winner after goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Gill spilt a catch.
Despite getting an added time of 9 minutes, EBFC failed to search out the equaliser as a decided Diamond Harbour blocked its goalmouth efficiently.
The end result (semifinal): Diamond Harbour FC 2 (Mikel Kortazar 66, Jobby Justin 83) bt Emami East Bengal 1 (Anwar Ali 67).
