After a goalless first-half, a goal each from Ayaan Desai and Meherzad in the second-half helped Anthony Fernandes’ side to take the title home.

St. Pius X made a brilliant start. They dominated their counterparts for the majority the first-half. They looked dangerous in counterattacks and in the final third. But poor finishing turned out to be costly for the Mulund-based side.

Mandar Palav and Neel Kadam had a brilliant first-half for St. Pius X. Although Bombay Scottish’s strong defensive pair of Siddharth Singh and Druv Vazirani denied any problems for the eventual winners.

The second-half saw Bombay Scottish stepping up their game. After a mediocre first-half, Bombay Scottish made a strong comeback in the second.

A huge goalkeeping error by St. Pius X’s Chinmay Shirke saw Ayaan Desai taking the advantage and scoring from the close range to give Bombay Scottish a vital lead.

St. Pius X went all in the last fifteen minutes of the game. Failing to convert their chances into the goal, a brilliant counter-attack move by Bombay Scottish was executed brilliantly by Meherzad in the dying minutes.

Meherzad received the ball possession near the halfway line, the number 8 danced past couple of defenders to unleash a deadly left footed strike straight into the back of the net. The goal gave Bombay Scottish two goals advantage and helped them secure the MSSA U16 Division II title.

Third place match: Don Bosco ‘B’ 2-1 St. Lawrence
Kush and Atharva scored for Don Bosco ‘B’, whereas, Rishikesh scored the lone goal for St. Lawrence.

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St. Stanislaus had defeated St. Mary in the semis via a tie-breaker, whereas Bombay Scottish sailed past Campion 3-2 in the other semi finals.

Atharva Bhandare gave St. Stanislaus a vital lead on the 16th minute when the number 7 buried his shot into the back of the net, but a quickfire equalizer from inform Bombay Scottish’s Striker Arhaan Bhat cancelled Atharva’s opening goal for St. Stanislaus.

With two of the most exciting teams in MSSA fighting for the Title, it was sure that these young kids were about to deliver some exquisite football. Both the outfit came close to get their second goal, but a organized defense from both prevented any goals in the normal time.

In the tie-breaker, St. Stanislaus and Bombay Scottish both scored from their opening spot kicks through Calvin D’Souza and Kahaan Menda respectively. The second penalty of St. Stanislaus, taken by Clint Fernandes comprehensively went past the goalkeeper, but it was not accurate enough to find the back of the net.

Bombay Scottish’s Adam Araujo didn’t made any mistake and put the boys in blue in front after a stunning penalty right into the top corner. The next four penalties were scored, leaving it to St. Stanislaus Branch Mathew’s penalty to decide the fate of the Final.

Unfortunately Branch saw his penalty hit the post which gave the U10 Boys Title to Bombay Scottish. It was a hard fought win by Bombay Scottish, which will be forever edged into their minds. As for St. Stanislaus, it was a sensational run right until the Final, where a penalty shootout had to be the difference between both the sides.

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