Last year’s finalist, St. Andrew’s junior college from Bandra, got the better of St. Francis D’Assisi (Borivali) 4-3 via tie-breaker to make the boys Under-17 final of the Subroto Mukherjee Cup football tournament (for Suburban schools) held at St Francis D’Assisi high school ground (Borivali) ground here today.
The Maharashtra government’s DSO (Divisional Sports Office) tournament, organized and sponsored by Vision Sports Reconnect and Fairplay Sports Management, saw deserving teams making the title round . All the finals, boys and girls under-17 and boys under-14 will be played at St Francis DAssisi ground, Borivali, tomorrow.
St. Andrew’s side proved to be dominant force, both in attack and defence, as their rivals St Francis boys tried their best, but could not pierce their defence. On the other hand, St. Andrews forwards controlled the proceedings after goalless a first half. But for splendid work by St. Francis goalkeeper under the bar, who made atleast three saves, they could have won in the regulation time itself instead of waiting for the tie-breaker to resolve the outcome. However, the tie-breaker saw St Andrew’s emerging 4-3 victorious. After their victory, the St Andrew’s captain, Jonathan D’’Souza, who was also part of the last year’s team, hopes to better their last year’s show and emerge champions.
In the other semifinals, Rizvi boys stayed ahead of their rivals Kandivali’s Thakur Junior College in a tensely fought tie and led 1-0 with Bryce Miranda striking just before the at the half time. But after t the breather, the Thakur boys equalized through Karan Jadhav soon after the break, only to see Bryce striking again to take his side into the title round.
Results: BOYS (U-17) : (Semifinals):
St. Andrew’s Jr College (Bandra) 4 (Conon Almeida, Zidane D’Souza, Ashish Shetty, Sherwyn D’Souza) bt St. Francis D’Assisi (Borivali) 3 (Kaustabh Satam, Abhishek Michael, Johnson Mathews) via tie-breaker. (F-T: 0-0).
Rizvi Jr College (Bandra) 2 (Bryce Miranda 2) bt Thakur Jr College (Kandivali) 1 (Karan Jadhav). (HT: 1-0).
CLOCK FOR FRIDAY
FOOTBALL – 10 a.m. onwards –Finals (boys U-17, girls U-17, boys U-14); DSO’s Subroto Mukherjee Cup tournament (for Suburban schools), St. Francis D’Assisi ground, Borivali.