Yayati scintillates

Vidya Bhavan scored a consolation win over Don Bosco in a tie which had nothing at stake from Pool C8217; as Loyola A8217; have already booked their place in the knock-out stages. Sushant Chakravorty and Navel Fernandes were the scorers for the winners.

It was a clash of the Titans as Bishop8217;s came up with some superb counter attacks against the hosts Vincent8217;s. But for the first time clearance by the Vincent8217;s foursome defence comprising of Allwyn Selvaraj, Seldon Vaz, Melroy Dias and Pratik Shinde and equally good anticipation by their 8216;keeper Sunil Albal, all Bishop8217;s attempts turned out to be mere threats. Vincent8217;s strike force of Vishal Rajput, Yayati Watwe, Hriday Sethi and Shahil Chordia were a real threat to the Bishop8217;s defence.Yayati Watwe was in sparkling form. His speed and good ball control forced the rival defence on to the backfoot.

But they had to wait till the 29th minute to reap their harvest. Yayati Watwe latched on to the ball in the midfield and from top of the box slammed home with Bishop8217;s keeper Prasanjeet Roy a mere spectator.

Yayati Watwe rounded off the tally with just a minute to go for the final whistle in a repeat of the first goal. Capitalising on the defensive lapses he turned back in one action to hit the target.

Thursday8217;s fixtures: all under-16 Vincent8217;s A8217; vs Vidya Bhavan 2 p.m; Vincent8217;s B8217; vs Bishops 3 p.m; Loyola A8217; vs Ornellas 4 p.m.