Gokuldham HS beat hosts St Francis to enter semis

Gokuldham striker Premshankar Singh during their MSSA-Ahmed Sailor U-16 quarter-final against St Francis D’Assisi. Pic/Atul Kamble

Gokuldham HS (Goregaon) produced a strong combined performance to dash the hopes of hosts St Francis D'Assisi by cruising to a 3-0 victory in the quarter-final of the boys' U-16 Ahmed Sailor knockout MSSA inter-school football tournament at the St Francis D'Assisi HS ground, Borivli on Thursday.

St Francis D'Assisi were unable to take advantage of playing on their home ground against the Goregaon lads, who were dominant from the outset, and expectedly emerged worthy winners. Striker Prameet Irde opened the scoring by striking the first goal in the 16th minute before prolific goal-scorer Premshankar Singh added the second in the 27th minute.

Gokuldham put the issue beyond their opponents when Rishi Kartha hammered in the third goal in the 33rd minute to carry his team into the semi-finals. Earlier, firm favourites, Don Bosco (Matunga) booked their place in the semi-finals by recording an authoritative 3-1 win against Utpal Sanghvi (Juhu) in another Last-8 encounter. The superior Don Bosco boys took the lead when Angelo Fernandes converted a penalty in the 13th minute.

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Later, Don Bosco's enterprising right outer and consistent goal-scorer Yohaan Panjuani scored the second goal in the 20th minute to give his team a 2-0 lead at the end of the first session. In the second half, Angelo was once again bang on target, scoring the third goal to complete Don Bosco's win. Utpal Sanghvi scored a late consolation goal through Laksh Shah in the 35th minute.

Other results
Boys U-16 Div-IV: IES Manik Vidya Mandir, Bandra 2 (Krish Parkar 2) drew with Ryan Global School, Andheri 2 (Aryan Chagule, Rishad Shroff); Ryan International ‘A', Chembur 2 (Rishabh Thakur, Veer Shah) beat Bhaktivedanta Swami Mission, Andheri 0; St Thomas HS, Goregaon 1 (Krish Waghela) drew with JBCN International, Parel 1 (Abeer Bhatia); Our Lady of Salvation, Dadar 1 (Aaryan Gurav) beat Children Welfare Centre, Andheri 0; St Sebastian Secondary, Chembur 6 (Raj Bagul 2, New Parmar, Soham Mohite, Saiel Sarwgod, Prabhjit Kalotra) beat Fr Angelo HS, Malad 0

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