Semi-finalists spotted in St Soldier Soccer Trophy

Published>Fri, May 07 10 05:48 AM

Semi-finalists have been spotted in the Chandigarh State Football Championship Under-16 for St Soldier Trophy being played at the Saint Soldier International School ground in Sector 28 on Thursday. St John High School will face St Kabir School, at 9 a.m. and hosts St Soldier International will challenge St Joseph's School, Sector 44. Both semi-finals will be played on Friday. Sterling performance by agile goalkeeper Gautam steered St Kabir School into the semi-final as they eliminated the challenge of Stepping Stone School, Sector 37 by an aggregate 4-2 margin after sharing two goals in the regulation period in the quarter-final encounter. St Kabir School forged ahead in the third minute through Yuvraj while Stepping Stone neutralised the the lead in the Lokesh who scored a fine goal in the 39th minute. With a view to resolving the deadlock, the organisers applied the tie-breaker rule. In the tie-breaker session, Digvijay, Sanchit and Yuvraj Singh converted their penalties. Only Shivam muffed his try. Only Gautam of Stepping Stone School could convert his spot kick. Lokesh, Sahil and Kshitij found St Kabir custodian Gautam a stonewall.

When it look all over for Mount Carmel, Sector 47, Deepak David produced a fine goal in the 51st minute to place his team at par with St Joseph's School, Sector 44. Earlier, in the 16th minute agile Deskyong had given St Joseph's the lead with a curling direct kick. In the tie-breaker, St Joseph's just managed to pip their rivals with an aggregate 6-5 margin. St Joseph's scorers in the tie-breaker were Rishab, Nikhil, Deskyong, Akshit and Pankaj. For Mount Carmel, Jatin, Deepak, Amanbir and Saurab converted the penalties. Hosts St Soldier and St John's recorded facile victories over their respective opponents. St John's blanked St Xavier's School, Sector 44 by 3-0.

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