Campion skipper Joshua Machado scored the lone goal in the semi-finals to knock out defending champions St Lawrence High School (Kandivli) 1-0 and book a spot in the final of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) boys' U-16 Division I inter-school football tournament at Cooperage yesterday.


St Francis D'Assisi skipper Mandar Vasaikar (left) and Don Bosco's Atharva Ghatkar vie for the ball at Cooperage yesterday. Pic/Suresh KK  

The Colaba school practiced for an hour on the Cooperage turf on Monday while their rivals, some of whom had come to the ground right after giving their exams, had chosen not to travel for an hour just to practice on the artificial turf.