29 July,2016 08:04 AM IST | | Narendra Sastry
Antonio D'Souza (Byculla) also known as ANZA are cruising through Div II of the MSSA U-16 inter-school football tournament having recorded their third straight victory beating Colaba Municipal Secondary School 4-1
Antonio D'Souza (Byculla) also known as ANZA are cruising through Div II of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association's (MSSA) U-16 inter-school football tournament having recorded their third straight victory beating Colaba Municipal Secondary School 4-1 at the MSSA ground, Azad Maidan yesterday.
'Keeper tripper: Antonio D'Souza's (Byculla) Kedar Mithil gets past Colaba Municipal goalkeeper Vikesh Chavan to score during their Mumbai Schools Sports Association boys' U-16 Division II match at Azad Maidan yesterday. Pic/Atul Kamble
ANZA made short work of Colaba Municipal, who just couldn't match the physicality of the Byculla outfit. Karan Yadav made it 1-0 in the third minute. Kedar Mithil doubled the lead in the 24th minute. Kazi Murtuza made it 3-0 in the 37th minute before goalkeeper Siddhesh More made it four in the 41st minute after he switched to the role of a forward. Sunil Rathod pulled one back for Colaba in the 48th minute with a brilliant free-kick.
Ugly DSO U-17 final
ANZA earned a bad name during the District Sports Office U-17 final against KC College recently, where their players and some ex-students got into a fight with the KC boys while they were trailing 0-3. And coach Sajid Sabir is keen to make amends with a good, clean performance on the pitch. "That was a match between school kids and college boys.
The KC boys riled us up and were pretty rough on our players during the game. Our ex-students didn't like that and got involved. This was the first time in my coaching career of four years that such an incident occurred. Sometimes things go out of control, but I assure my boys will not repeat that ever again," said Sabir, who is confident his boys belong to the superior division.
"This team has the skill and caliber to match Division-I teams. I hope this time we can earn a promotion to the top division," said ANZA coach Sajid Sabir.
Other results
St Xavier's HS (Fort) 2 (S Shaikh, M Merchant) bt St Andrew's 1 (Nester M); Holy Family 2 (Utsav P, Lancy M) bt St Anne's (Orlem) 0; Cathedral & John Connon 2 (M Mehta, L Samuels) bt St Mary's (Kalina) 0; Lilavatibai Podar ISC 1 (A Jain) drew with Maneckji Cooper 1 (O Patel); OLPS 3 (O Yash, S Aryan, Akhileswaran B) bt Utpal Sanghvi 0; Cambridge (Kandivli) 1 (D Songara) bt St Pius 0
