Zubin sends Bishop8217;s back-pedalling

PUNE, Aug 12: Zubin Patel's bicycle kick goal minutes before regulation time proved a savior for JN Petit seniors as they survived a poss...

PUNE, Aug 12: Zubin Patel8217;s bicycle kick goal minutes before regulation time proved a savior for JN Petit seniors as they survived a possible defeat against Bishop8217;s High School and thereafter force a 7-6 tie-breaker verdict to make the semi-finals of the PSAAA Inter-School football tournament.

At the SSPMS ground here today, Petit undefeated in the tournament so far trailed 2-3 until Zubin, out of nowhere, levelled scores and force further delay in the result.

Bishop8217;s put up a brave show and matched Petit on all fronts scored their regulation time goals through Arun Soanes, Anand P and Anish Wastrad, however Petit, who had this never give in8217; attitude, crawled back with goals from Zubin 2 and Manas Rawat to share six goals at full-time.

In the tie-breaker, Petit scored through Nitin Gaurav, Sumit Kadu, Ajay Mathatoo and Kaizad Pardiwala, while for Bishop8217;s Aditya Kelshikar, Ajinkya Hange and Viraj Kamble reduced the margin. Later SSPMS D got the better of their Boarders by an odd goal in three with Devendra D and Sandeep K netting for the winners. Ravi pulled one back for the losers.

Dastur, Petit through: In the mini section, the grit and determination of Sardar Dastur paid off in an easy 3-0 win over Hutchings High School, in the last match of the morning session.

The hero for Dastur was Ruturaj Gawli who scored a brace. The first was a result of a co-ordinated movement by Aniket Jadhav, Mikhayel Gaikwad which eventually paved way for Ruturaj to score the only goal of the first-half.

Changing ends, Karhaan Sheikh capitalising on a mis-kick by Hutchings custodian Rommel Vats put his side 2-0 ahead. Minutes before full-time Rutura completed the rout with a brilliant solo.

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Remaining in the same section, JN Petit beat Don Bosco 8-0 with the More brothers Swapnil and Suraj registering a rare hat-trick each. Suraj Salisane and Suraj Maluakar accounted for the other goals.

ENNS B win: In an all ENNS quarter-final tie in the junior section the day scholars proved supreme against their boarders, with the score reading 3-0. The architects of the win were Vishal Shinde, Viraj Surve and Ganesh Kand.

Sardar Dastur completed the last semi spot with a 2-1 win over SSPMS Day in a match decided in sudden-death penalties. The tie-breaker saw the teams locked 1-1 with Abdul Bootwalla and Ravindra Pardeshi scoring for either side. Vijay Murali8217;s conversion signaled the host8217;s doom.

Semi-Final line up: Mini: ENNS B v Sardar Dastur 11.00 a.m.; JN Petit v Vidya Bhavan 1.30 p.m. Junior: JN Petit v ENNS D 9.45 p.m.; SSPMS B v Sardar Dastur 2.45 p.m.. Seniors: St Joseph8217;s, Ghorpuri v JN Petit 8.30 a.m.; Vidya Bhavan v SSPMS D 4.00 p.m..