St Stanislaus (Bandra) played with tremendous confidence as they recovered from a first half 0-1 deficit to overcome Don Bosco (Borivli) 2-1 in an absorbing encounter of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association-organised boys' U-16 Ahmed Sailor knockout inter-school football tie at Azad Maidan yesterday.

Both teams played a pleasing brand of attacking football with no dull moment throughout. The Borivli boys grabbed the initiative with an early strike from a snap effort by Raul Almeida in the sixth minute. Raul worked his way down the left flank and unleashed a long-ranger for 1-0.