Don Bosco High School (Matunga) reasserted their superiority in Mumbai schools football. In a repeat of last year’s final, the Matunga lads earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over arch-rivals St Stanislaus High School (Bandra) in an engrossing MSSA boys U-16 Division-I final at the Cooperage, Colaba, on Sunday. 

Ayush Kharat, 14, scored the all-important title-winning goal when he converted a penalty, to finally beat St Stanislaus goalkeeper Jordan Kamble, who was brilliant under the bar. Jordan showed amazing agility and silver quick reflexes as he made half-a-dozen outstanding saves to thwart attempts from rival attackers.