MUMBAI, Sept 25: St Stanislaus (Bandra), more famous for their hockey exploits, surprisingly captured their third football crown of the season. They had earlier bagged the under-16 and under-12 titles and today they claimed the under-14 honours, when they defeated St Francis D'Assisi (Borivli) 1-0 in the Inter-School tournament, sponsored by Colgate Palmolive, at the MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre, Azad Maidan.The all-important goal was notched by Jonathan Fernandes. He neatly headed home the ball following a flag-kick by Yohan Pereira early in the seventh minute.
St Stanislaus were the better side right through the 50-minute encounter. Their forwards, inspired by striker Yohan Pereira, showed better understanding and their defence was hardly tested. They had a couple of more chances but their forwards missed the mark narrowly.
This was the third appearance in the final for D'Assisi, too. But they finished runners-up again. Coach John Alphonso, formerly of Tatas, and serving the instituition for 20years, said he just couldn't understand as to why his boys played so poorly in all the finals.
Results: At the MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre, Azad maidan - Under-8 play-off: St Mary's ISC A 1(Aaron Bawdekar) bt St Dominic Savio, Andheri, 0; St Xavier's, Fort, 4 (Egypsio Noronha 2, Galighar D'Souza 2) bt Jamnabai Narsee, Juhu, 0. Under-14 3rd place: St Anne's, Orlem, 2 (Reuben D'Souza, Shannon D'Lima) bt Don Bosco, Matunga, 1 (Pawan Jadhav) via sudden-death. Final: St Stanislaus, Bandra, 1 (Jonathan Fernandes) bt St Francis D'Assisi, Borivli, 0.
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