St Anne's (Malad) captain Nathan Braganza, 15, led by example and with excellent support from strike partner Leron Miranda as they eased past Thakur Public School (Kandivli) 3-0 in a boys U-16 Division-II quarter-final play-off match of the MSSA inter-school football tournament at Cooperage yesterday. The scores were locked goalless at the end of the first session. On resumption, lanky attacking midfielder Nathan converted a penalty to put St. Anne's ahead in the 35th minute after Leron was fouled by a rival defender inside the area.

St Anne's Leron on target
Later, Leron made another sole run past a couple of rival defenders before shooting past Thakur goalkeeper Om More to double the lead (40th minute). Nathan hammered in the third (48th min) with a first-timed essay after receiving a through pass from Meer Lakhani to seal their victory and a passage to the
semi-finals.