The Colaba outfit got unlucky when striker Sanju Rathod was shown the red card by the referee in the 46th minute
Colaba Municipal's Sanju Rathod (left) and St Mary's Amaratya Rawat during the MSSA U-14 Div II semi-final on Saturday. Pic/ Bipin Kokate
Colaba Municipal School (Colaba) after a bad experience, made a bitter exit, going down fighting to St Mary's ICSE (Mazagon) 3-2 via the tie-breaker after a goalless draw in the semi-finals of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association-organised boys' U-14 Div II inter-school football tournament at Azad Maidan on Saturday.
The Colaba outfit got unlucky when striker Sanju Rathod was shown the red card by the referee in the 46th minute. A St Mary's player kept clipping Sanju from behind. When Sanju tried to express his displeasure, the player pretended that he was head-butted.
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The referee who had not seen the incident, flashed the red card at Sanju, and that came as a big blow for the Colaba side as Sanju missed the crucial tie-breaker. Earlier, St Paul's (Dadar) blanked Christ Church (Byculla) 3-0 in the other semi-final. Devarsh Pawar, Atharva Rewale and Bhagyaraj scored a goal each for the victors.
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