Updated On: 10 August, 2023 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Gordon D’Costa
Kharat’s lone goal helps Matunga side beat St Joseph’s 1-0 to enter MSSA boys U-16 Division-I semi-finals

Aayush Kharat (in red) of Don Bosco vies for the ball with St Joseph’s Kishore Thakulla. Pic/Anurag Ahire
Reigning champions Don Bosco High School (Matunga) carved a fighting 1-0 win over St Joseph’s High School (Wadala) in a boys U-16 Div-I quarter-final play-off match of the MSSA inter-school football tournament at the St Francis D’Assisi High School ground, Borivli, on Wednesday. The Matunga schoolboys snatched an early advantage when Aayush Kharat scored the decisive goal following an assist from Ethan Fernandes in the fourth minute.
Later, St Joseph’s lads made plenty of concerted efforts to get back into the game, but their attack was not sharp enough to put pressure on the Bosco defence. Instead, Bosco created better chances in the second half and one attempt from Prithvi Padwal bounced back after hitting the horizontal bar.