Bombay Scottish, champs Don Bosco in playoffs

Siddharth Bharat of Bombay Scottish (right) shields the ball from Campion’s Shanay Torani in Borivli yesterday. Pic/Anurag Ahire

Bombay Scottish (Mahim) and reigning champions Don Bosco (Matunga), in slightly contrasting fashion, secured their place in the playoffs of the boys U-16 Division I MSSA inter-school football tournament at the St Francis D'Assisi High School ground, Borivli, on Thursday.

On Thursday, Bombay Scottish accumulated maximum points from a crucial fixture when they secured a 1-0 win over Campion School (Colaba). Yash Kapadia scored the winner in the dying stages of the match.

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Having things much in control right from the outset, the Mahim school, who had begun their campaign with a reversal, did extremely well to bounce back and record consecutive wins to secure their spot in the quarter-finals with a late strike in injury time.

Meanwhile, defending champions Don Bosco, despite an unconvincing performance, maintained their unbeaten streak, heading into the playoffs with a 1-1 draw against Cathedral & John Connon (Fort). Both teams scored their goals in the closing stages. Substitute Menash D'Souza gave the Matunga side the lead, before the Fort team quickly equalised through Veer Keida.