St. Stanislaus Jr College in a ding dong under-17 battle of attrition against St. Francis D’Assisi prevailed 7-5 via tie-breaker after both were tied at 2-2 in the regulation period to storm into the under-17 final 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.
Thakur college goalkeeper Jay Suryavashi being congratulated by his teammate for his fine work under the bar after the under-19 Quarter final of the DSO’s (Divisional Sports Office)’s District level Football tournament.
Displaying tremendous aggression the Bandra boys led 2-0 in the first half, with goals coming through Keegan Pinto and Chinmay Chavan. But the scenario change in the second half with St. Francis hitting back fdirfst o reduce the margin midway and then found the equalizer in the nick of time to take the match to the tie-breaker. However, the Stanislaus boys hit the target five times, while St. Francis missed twice.
In the boys under-19 quarterfinals, Thakur junior college goalkeeper Jay Suryavanshi played a key role, bringing about numerous saves under the bar as they beat Bunt’s Sangh SM Shetty (Powai) 2-0. They next will take on Bandra’s MMK Jr College, who put out K.J.Somaiya (Vidyavihar) by a soliltary goal. While the other semifinal will see favourites St. Andrew’s (Bandra) and St. Francis D’Assisis (Borivali) crossing swords for the other spot. Both won over their respective rivals by an identical 1-0 margins.
Results: (St. Francis D’Assis ground, Borivali):
BOYS U-19: (Quarterfinals): St. Andrew’s (Bandra) 1 (Murad Mohd) bt Dnyan Sadhana Jr College (Malad) 0.St. Francis D’Assisi 1(Pathrose Uruvath) bt Rizvi r College (Bandra) 0.MMK jr College (Bandra) 1 (Mohit Chandiramani) bt KJ.Somaiya (Vidyavihar) o. Thakur Jr College (Kandivali) 2 (Harsh Pal, Moiz Lakhana) bt Bunt’s Sangh SM Shetty (Powai) 0.
BOYS U-17: (Semifinals): Lilavati Podar (ISC) 5 (Ansh Jain 2, Archit Kovilingam, Vansh Srivastava, Yash Verma) bt St. Lawrence (Borivali) 3 (Dhruv Chavan, Meet Gundesha, Rishar Kotian).
St Stanislaus (Bandra) 7 (Keegan Pinto 2, Shinmay Chavan 2, Saurab Gupta, Vinay Karkada, Josiah Noronhaq) bt St. Francis D’Assisis (Borivali) 5 Vivek Prasad 2, Dhiren Patni, Johnson Mathew, Harsh Dakhale).
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FOOTBALL- 9 a.m.. onwards – DSO District Level U-19 & U-17 semifinals and finals, St. Francis D’Assisi ground, Borivali.