A clinical finish by striker Lawrence D’Souza paved the way for State Bank of India to register a close 1-0 win and knockout Mumbai Boxers in a veteran men’s semi-final round match for the Late Neville D’Souza Memorial Trophy in the Catholic Gymkhana Annual Rink Football tournament.
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In the other semi-final, Golden Boys, Malad proved too good as they blanked M.K. Boys 3-0. Philip D’Souza scored a brace of goals and Shobith Shetty chipped in with one to complete the Malad outfits win.
Meanwhile, in men’s semi-final competition for the Late Darryl Crasto Trophy, Autonomous FC overcame U.K. United by a 3-2 margin via the penalty shootout tie-breaker after the match finished in a goalless draw.
Later, Blunder FC overcame Boca Juniors by a 3-1 margin also via the tie-breaker.
Results – Men Open for Darryl Crasto Memorial Trophy (semi-finals): Autonomous FC 3 (Winston D’Silva 2, Pranay Pawankar) beat U.K. United 2 (Franco, Agnello Picardo).
Blunders FC 3 (Jills Geroge, Akshay Parakkal, Royston Veigas) beat Boca Juniors 2 (Mario Fernandes, Scott D’Souza).
Veteran’s Men for the Neville D’Souza Memorial Trophy (sem–finals): State Bank of India 3 (Lawrence D’Souza) beat Mumbai Bozers 0.
Golden Boys, Malad 3 (Philip D’Souza 2, Shobith Shetty ) beat M.K. Boys 0.