St. Stanislaus (Bandra) made heavy weather while getting the better of Udaychal (Vikhroli) via tie-breaker to squeeze into the boys under-14 final of the DSO-Mumbai Suburban District level Inter-School Football Tournament, organized by Vision Sports Reconnect and Fairplay Sports Management at at St Francis D’Assisi Ground, Borivali today.
In fact it was Udayachal who shot into lead when their most consistent striker Siddharth Ravi struck midway in the first half. Even in the second half, Udayachal scored again when a defender committed foul inside the box, which resulted in Udayachal converting a penalty kick to go 2-o up. However, the Stanislaus boys retaliated soon after, resulting in their reducing the margin through a penalty shot, awarded to them when Udayachal defender handled the ball inside the box. Within minutes, Stanslaus boys struck again through a fine field goal by Zubir Karbhari, who in a skirmish inside the box, neatly pushed the ball in to take the tie to the tie-breaker, which saw the Bandra boys winning 5-4 to clinch a spot in the final where they take on Cambridge (Kandivali), a solitary goal winners over St. Anne’s (Malad) in the other semifinal.
Results: GIRLS U-17: (Quarterfinals): Mary Immaculate (Borivali) 2 (Angela Rumao, Valencia D’Mello) bt Canossa (Andheri) 1 (Kimberly Nazarath ). Ryan Intl (CBSC- Kandivali) 2 (Ishika Roy, Manaswini V.) bt Rustomjee Intl (Dahisar) 0.
BOYS U-14: (Semifinals): St. Stanislaus (Bandra) 7 (Anish Khare 2, Zubir Karbhari 2, Joshua D’Souza, Gilchrist Gabrel, Soham Yelve) bt Udyachal (Vikhroli) 6 (Siddharth Ravi 2, Rishiraj Bhosale, Anuj Shelar,Om Waghmare, Aryan Kelekar). (Full time: 2-2).- via tie-breaker 5-4. Cambridge (CBSE-Kandivali) 1 (Adit Singh) bt St. Anne’s (Malad) 0.
CLOCK FOR FRIDAY
DSO-FOOTBALL – 9 a.m. onwards- DSO-Mumbai Suburban District Level tournament, St. Francis D’Assisi ground, Borivali.