St. Stanislaus High School ‘A’ (Bandra) kept a cool, calm composure to scrape past Don Bosco International (Matunga) by a close 3-2 margin via the penalty shootout in the finals of the MSSA Vijay Raheja Trophy boys’ under-12 knockout hockey tournament at the Sports Authority of India ground, Kandivali on Thursday afternoon.
The final was a closely fought affair and the scores were locked goalless at the end of regulation time.
St. Stanislaus players created the better scoring chances, but they found it difficult to get the ball past Don Bosco’s goalkeeper Savion Nadar, who made some fine saves to foil the rival attackers from scoring a goal in the match.
In the penalty shootout, St. Stanislaus scored three times through Dann Extross, Skye D’Costa and Nathan Michael to emerge champions.
On the other hand, Don Bosco managed to score only two goals through Sarthak Jadhav and Akshit Ranka.
St Stanislaus hockey team beat Don Bosco International in the finals of the Vijay Raheja Tournament boys under-12 Mssa international tournament. Stanislaus won 3-2 via tie breaker
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