MSSA football: Matunga lads win clash of the Dons
Updated On: 16 July, 2019 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Gordon D'Costa
Ex-champs begin season with 2-0 win over Borivli side

Don Bosco (Matunga) and Don Bosco (Borivli) lads in a keen tussle for ball possession during their MSSA Div-I U-16 inter-school match at St Xavier's ground in Parel yesterday. Pics/Suresh Karkera
Former champions Don Bosco (Matunga) scored once in each half to overcome a spirited challenge from Don Bosco (Borivli), snatching a 2-0 win in a keenly contested boys' U-16 Division-I Group 'B' match of the MSSA inter-school football tournament, played in poor light, at the St Xavier's ground in Parel last evening.
The clash of the Don's witnessed an interesting contest for supremacy as both the sides played an open, attacking game. The Matunga school boys managed to get the breakthrough when substitute Pratej Lanjewar, who was moving dangerously towards the rival goal, was fouled inside the box in the 28th minute. Skipper Keith Fernandes converted from the spot to make it 1-0. In the second half, the Borivli lads put some pressure on the rival goal. However, against the run of play, it was the Matunga side that added the second goal when Pratej scored from a erroneous defensive clearance (35th min).
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