MUMBAI, August 14: A late goal by Muneer Shaikh for Saboo Siddik helped them beat St Igantius 1-0 in the second semifinal of the under-16 Division IV-H Inter-Schools Football Tournament, sponsored by Colgate Palmolive at the MSSA-Castrol Azad Maidan ground, today.Muneer powerful shot from top of the box got deflected off a defender before beating St Ignatious's goalkeeper. But Muneer also missed almost half a dozen chances in the first-half. The team from Madanpura dominated the first-half as the boys did not allowed the ball to even cross the half line. But they were unable to take lead. And in the second half, St Ignatius started playing more attacking game. In fact they had couple of good opportunities to go ahead but wet ground conditions denied them any fruit.Earlier, in a under-14 match, a brace by Kurt D'Lima helped the St Stanisluas to top the division as they beat Don Bosco, Matunga 3-0 today. Cornel Alan Aguiar scored the third goal.
Displaying some good football, Stanislaus took lead earlywhen Kurt found the net from close range. Cornel added the second in the beginning of the second-half. In the dying minutes, Kurt won a ball from Bosco defender and placed his shot to the right corner of the goal.
RESULTS
St Francis D'Assisi, Borivli: Under-14-II-A: Vidya Vikasini, Vasai 6 (CHandrak Kashika 2, Agenl Nadar 2, Ranju MAthew, Samant Ashish) bt St Blaise, Amboli: U-14-III-E: Yashodhan, Goregaon 3 (Sudeepo Sheety 3 Hattrick) bt St Mary's, Dahisar 0; U-14-III-E: St Xavier's, Borivli 3 (Nishant Jathan 2, Sudeep Shetty) bt Sardar Vallabhbai Patel 0
At St Dominic Savio, Andheri: U-14-I-C: St Stanisluas, BAndra A 8 (Kyle Mascarenhas 3 Hattrick, Yohann Periera, Rellin Vaz, Vikram Noranha, Delon Misquita) bt Holy Family, Andheri 0; U-14-III-C: Jamnabai Narsee, Juhu A 7 (Arjun Pujari 2, Deran Batre, VArun Khere, Dewal Amin, Jimesh Joshi, Vishesh Agrawal) bt Kalgidhar Mission 0; U-14-III-G: St John, Marol 4 (Keven D'Souza 2, Jayesh Carvalho, Clyde D'Souza) bt Marol Education 0; U-14-III-C:St Joseph's Orlem 4 (Tejinder Singh 3, Karan Shah) bt Holy Family, Andheri 0
At St Xavier's Ground, PArel: St PAul Dadar 1 (Derick D'Alemao) drew with Campion School 1 (KArl LAkdawala) ; St Joseph's Wadala 1 (Riaz Khan) bt Greenlawn's 0; Holy Family, Chembur 1 (Elvin D'Souza) bt St Xavier's, Bhandup 0
At Schools Sports Centre, Azad Maidan: U-14-II-C Our Lady of Salvation, Dadar 3 (Adrian MAscarenhas, Seby Fernandes, Gavin Fernandes) bt Gokuldham, Goregoan (Nitin Agrawal); 14-II-C: St Stanislaus, Bandra 3 (Kurt D'Lima 2, Cornel Aguiar) bt Don Bosco Matunga B 0:U-16-IV-H Saboo Siddik 1 (Shaikh Muneer) bt St Stanisluas 0
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