After held goalless in the first half, Pathrose Uruvath struck twice in the second half to take St. Francis D’Assisi (Borivali) past SK Somaya Vinay Mandir 3-1 into boys under-19 quarterfinals of the DSO’s (Divisional Sports Office)’s District level Football tournament, organised and sponsored by Vision Sports Reconnect and Fairplay Sports Management at St. Francis D’Assisi ground, Borivali, here today. In fact, it was Chris Gomes who gave St. Francis the lead before Pathrose took over to rattle the rival defence with a brace of goals later midway. For the losers the consolation goal came through Neeraj Kodalkar.
In another tie, K.J.Somaya (Arts & Commerce) outplayed Bhavan’s (Andheri) 3-1, with goal each by Arthana Sawant, Shubham Verma and Abhishek Bhagat. The next round of matches will be played on Thursday.
Results: (St. Francis D’Assis ground, Borivali):
BOYS U-19: (Pre-quarterfinals): Dnyan Sadhana Jr College (Malad) 2 (Nigrei Aristo, Pravin Miranda) bt Atomic Energy 0.
St. Francis D’Assisi 3 (Pathrose Uruvath 2, Christ Gomes) bt SK Somaya Vinay Mandir 1(Neeraj Kodalkar).
K.J.Somaya College 3 (Arthana Sawant, Shubham Verma ,Abhishek Bhagat) bt Bhavan’s Jr.College (Andheri) 1 (Adveya Male).
Bunt’s Sangh SM Shetty (Powai) 3 (Ashish Hilwale, Shoaib Baig, Askshit Michael) bt Nirmala Memorial Foundation (Kandivali) 0.