MSSA: Campion School 'A' beat Bombay Scottish to be champions

Campion School 'A' (Cooperage) clinched the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) boys' U-8 inter-school football title after a decade at Azad Maidan yesterday by defeating Bombay Scottish ‘A' (Mahim) 6-5 via tie-breaker.

The victorious Campion School (Cooperage) team pose with their trophy after winning the MSSA boys U-8 football title at Azad Maidan yesterday. Pic/Suresh KK

After a goalless first half, Araujo Adam opened the scoring for Bombay Scottish in the second half. Campion equalised via Ahaan Hattangadi's corner kick conversion.

After both teams were tied 1-1 at the end of regualtion time, the result had to be decided via tie-breaker.

In the penalty shootout, Ishaan Sampat, Rivaan Karachiwala, Ayaan Mehta, Hayden Soares, Agastya Shah scored while Mir Kantawala missed the target for Campion. While Khandelwal Deeptansh, Aadiv Das, Ishaan Mehra and Adam found the back of the net even as Jared Collins and Arnav Srivastav couldnt score for Bombay Scottish.