16 July,2011 07:37 AM IST | | Sundari Iyer
After leading OLPS to 1-0 victory against Cathedral, skipper Mitesh heads for Gothia Cup in Sweden
OLPS (Chembur) skipper Mitesh Aswani played the dual role of captain and coach to perfection against Cathedral & John Connon School (Fort) as he lead from the front andu00a0 even scored the winner, in the 10th minute, to see his team register a 1-0 win in the MSSA U-16 match at Azad Maidan yesterday.
OLPS's Aditya Raghavan (centre)takes possession of the ball while
Shreyas Singhvi (left) and Karan Kothari try to stop his chase during
boys U-16 match at Azad maidan yesterday. Pics/Satyajit Desai
However, Mitesh is set to miss the next five matches as he is scheduled to fly out to Sweden today to represent Kenkre Football Club and at the Gothia Cupu00a0-- a world youth tournament.
Mitesh Aswani
"Last month I had gone to play in the Manchester United Premier Cup in Pune, where Kenkre FC coaches selected me for both the U-17 Kenkre team and also the Gothia Cup.
But as I am in Class X, I will not be able to devote a lot of time to play, so I decided to play for Kenkre only in the Gothia Cup," he said. Miteshu00a0 gave equal credit to their goalkeeper Karanveer Saini for yesterday's win against Cathedral.
"We are able to practice on the school ground only sometimes, and for the rest of the time we train at the Gandhi Maidan in Chembur. We travelled here by train on our own. We don't even have a school bus," saidu00a0 Karanveer.
Other result
Don Bosco (Matunga) 3 bt St Francis D'Assisi 0; Campion 3 bt Chrish Church 0; Bombay Scottish (Mahim) 2 bt St Dominic Savio 0
