Stanislaus, Anne’s in title clash

Bejoy’s fine finishing was the main factor in Stanislaus’ win and he now leads the Division I goal-scorers chart with 18 goals.

Bosco ‘keeper Edwin Fernandes came up with fine saves in the first 15 minutes but thereafter, the Bandra team started controlling the mid-field. Arun Fizardo, Delano D’Souza and Daniel Colaco were the key performers.

Bejoy won a ball from Edwin to put Stanislaus ahead. His second of the match came was a long-ranger and he placed the ball to the right of Edwin in the dying minutes of the match to seal the victory for Stanislaus.

In the secondsemi-final, although OLPS, Chembur were outclassed by Anne’s accurate passing, their goalkeeper Kanish Gupta came up with atleast half-a-dozen brilliant saves.

Adrein D’Souza put St Anne’s ahead when he bulged the net from close range. A fine strike by Sneddon Periera sealed the win for the Orlem team minutes before the final whistle.

Results

St Xavier’s, Parel: under-16 IV C: St Blaise (Amboli) 4 (William Tocher 4) bt St Anthony’s (Vakola) 0.

Azad Maidan: Under-14 III M: St Francis Xavier (Kanjur) 3 (John Paul 2, Olson Pereira) bt Gidwani School (Mulund) 0; U-14 III K: Dr Antonio D’Silva (Dadar) 1 (Muranjan Omkar) bt Holy Cross (Kurla) 0.

Ahmed Sailor (u-16 2nd round knock-out): Our Lady of Remedy (Kandivli) 1 (Shelar Mangesh) bt St Theresa’s (Girgaum) 0; Under-16 semi-final: St Anne’s (Orlem) 2 (Adrian D’Souza, Sneddon Pareira) bt OLPS (Chembur) 0; Under-16 I semi-final: St Stanislaus (Bandra) 3 (Bejoy Maliakal 3 hat-trick) bt Don Bosco (Borivli) 1 (LeytonSelwin).