Fatima win u-12 crown

MUMBAI, SEPT 19: An opportunistic goal in the first half by Steve Pinto gave Fatima the under-12 Div II title, beating St Stanislaus 1-0 ...

MUMBAI, SEPT 19: An opportunistic goal in the first half by Steve Pinto gave Fatima the under-12 Div II title, beating St Stanislaus 1-0 in the final of the Colgate-sponsored Inter-Schools Football tournament at the MSSA ground, Azad Maidan here today.

One of the handful forays by Fatima fetched them the goal. It was a stray ball which was picked up by Steve, who covered some ground and slotted it home.

Thereafter, for much of the game, St Stanislaus dominated the game but they never managed to score. They came very close to scoring in the first half when goalkeeper Nigel Kinny gathered close to the line. Then in the second half, Stanislaus even hit the post but it was not their day.

Fatima8217;s defence and the midfield were workholic. The defence kept out the ball with zest and the midfield picked up scraps and relayed it upwards. Upfront, Steve, Charles Fernandes and Nandan Sawant worked hard but were unable to score any further goals even as they threatened everytime them surged upwards.

HiteshKanadade in central defence and Steve Pinto as a forward excelled for Fatima.

RESULTS

U-10 PO: St Dominic Savio, Andheri A8217; 4 Stanley Pillai, John Pareira, Frahaan Khan, Simon Rodrigues bt St Anne8217;s, Orlem 0; St Francis D8217;Assisi B8217; 5 Roshan Shetty 2, Shashank Suvarna, 2Cerezo Menezes, Dhrumil Modi bt St Joseph8217;s, Orlem 3 Skeet Braganza, PP Vinay, VK Reddy D: St Xavier8217;s, Fort 6 Azan Coutinho 3, Vibnesh Sawant 2, Ojaz Araz bt St Mary8217;s ISC B8217; 0; G: St Stanislaus, Bandra A8217; 7 Yohan Setana 2, Silford Rodrigues 2, Utkrish Kaushik, Gavin Tates, Nitesh D8217;Souza bt Learners Academy 0; St Andrrew8217;s, Bandra A8217; 5 Sheldon Fernandes 3, Aditya Gonsalves, Rameez Peshiman bt Jamnabai Narsee B8217; 0. St Mary8217;s SSC B8217; 0 drew with Fatima, Vidyavihar 0; J: Jamnabai Narsee, Juhu A8217; drew with Stanislaus C8217; 0.U-8 B: Xavier8217;s, Fort 2 Eypsio Naronha 2 bt Lawrence, Vashi 0. E: Stanislaus 3 Sherwin Cordeiro, Adnan Plumber, Samuel Koli bt Michael, Mahim 0.

Girls U-16, SF:Joseph8217;s, Vikhroli 3 Kushboo Goyal, Anu Thaimuriyal, Nithya Benny bt Augustine, Nerul 1 Sonia Kapoor; Canossa 1 Kimberly Menezes bt Bombay International 0.