Kolkata, August 1: In the ongoing Durand Cup, Group B fixtures, Diamond Harbour FC sealed a 8-1 victory over BSF FT, at Kishore Bharari Krirangan. The debutant stormed into the game with clinical attacking precision and relentless pressing, leaving BSF chasing shadows. However Diamond Harbour FC failed to kept the clean sheet, in the last BSF FT netted a goal.
The attacking tone was set right from the first whistle. Within the opening minute, a swift lower cross from the right flank by Joby Justin found Clayton Silveira perfectly positioned inside the box. The forward made no mistake to place the ball into the net to hand Diamond Harbour FC leading start with a 1-0 lead.

Just six minutes later, Diamond Harbour FC doubled their advantage. In between gathering inside the box, Clayton Silveira, turned inside the box and laid it off the ball for Luka Majcen. The experienced striker made no error, sent the ball into the back of the net, making it 2-0 inside seven minutes.
The scoring continued, and in the 35th minute, Girik Khosla launched another dangerous move from the left flank. He delivered a pinpoint low cross into the box, and Clayton Silveira, scored with a one-touch finish, his second of the match, to extend the lead to 3-0.
Just four minutes later, in the 39th minute, Clayton sent a long through pass to Majcen, who was positioned on the inside edge of the box. In a composed one-on-one situation, Majcen lifted the ball over the BSF keeper to score his second of the night and seal 4-0 scoreline before halftime.

BSF, on the other hand, failed to register a single attempt, either on target or off, throughout the first half. They struggled to progress the ball, were completely shattered, and found no answers to Diamond Harbour FC’s passing and attacking rhythm.
Diamond Harbour FC maintained their attacking momentum in the second half, in the 53rd minute, Paul played the ball to Girik, who fired a shot. Lakhwinder Singh intercept, but the ball fell back to Paul, who finished it into the net. Diamond Harbour FC 5–0.
Just four minutes later, in the 57th minute, Diamond Harbour FC struck again. Samuel delivered a corner from the left, which Joby with powerful header sent the ball into the net to brings the sixth.

In the 71st minute, a corner created more problems for BSF. The delivery caused chaos in the box, with no one able to clear. The ball dropped to Clayton Silveira, who reacted quickly and smashed it into the net to complete his hat-trick.
BSF attempt their first shot at 74th minute, but Harmandeep Singh’s shot got wide from inside the box. BSF finally had a moment to cheer in the 79th minute when a through ball found Kishori inside the box, and slotted it past the Diamond Harbour FC goalkeeper to pull one back, making it 7–1.
But Diamond Harbour FC weren’t done yet. In the 90+3rd minute, Ramdinthara made a run, cut past defenders, and played a clever cut-back to Clayton. The forward unleashed a shot to score his fourth of the match and seal a commanding 8–1 victory.
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