Riding on Muskaan Mehra's heroics under the bar, Cathedral & John Connon School (Fort) beat Bombay Scottish (Mahim) 4-2 in the tie-breaker to enter the final of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) girls' U-16 Division I inter-school football tournament at Azad Maidan yesterday.


Cathedral & John Connon School’s Muskaan Mehra (left) vies with Bombay Scottish's Taira Engineer (centre) during their U-16 Division I semi-final at Azad Maidan. Pic/Suresh KK

The 15-year-old started off as a goalkeeper for the U-14 side, before her coach asked her to make the switch to being a striker two years ago. Yesterday, when the match went to the tie-breaker after both teams were goalless at the end of regulation time, Muskaan replaced Liyanne Dhalla as the goalkeeper.