Arush Tandon, 15, proved to be the saviour for Hiranandani Foundation School (Powai) as he effected as many as five saves in the penalty shootout to see his team emerge 6-5 victors via sudden death against Colaba Municipal Secondary School (Colaba) in the boys U-16 Division-III semi-finals of the MSSA inter-school football tournament at the Neville D'Souza ground, Bandra yesterday. The match finished 0-0 at the end of regulation time.

In the ensuing shootout, Hiranandani's regular goalkeeper Shaurya Mittal failed to save the first three attempts from the Colaba boys. Arush then stepped in and took over the gloves from Shaurya. A confident Arush showed fine anticipation and saved five of the last seven kicks from the Colaba lads to help Hiranandani enter the final.