AGENCIES, MUMBAI: Rosary Higher Secondary School, Navelim had to settle for the runners-up place in the senior boys’category of the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports National Football Championship, on Saturday.
In the final played at the Reliance Coporate Park, Ghansoli, Rosary HSS went down 0-4 to Minerva Public School, Chandigarh
Rebanta Metei’s 10th minute goal helped Minerva claim the first half honours in the second final of the day. Although Rosary were expected to come out hard in the second half, the Chandigarh side raised their level which the Goan team found difficult to scale.
Their star strikers Makan Chothe and Konan Kouame, like they have done all season, powered Minerva’s charge by scoring three goals between themselves to completely overpower the opposition.
Two goals came in stoppage time that lasted more than 10 minutes with Konan scoring the first and Makan signing off with his second goal of the match. Makan scored his first goal earlier in the 66th minute.
Makan and Konan shared the golden boot award as the duo scored nine goals each in the National Championship.
Minerva’s hopes of a double crown were dashed when The Unique Model Academy, Imphal edged out their junior boys team 6-5 in a tie-breaker after both teams were locked 3-3 at regulation time.
Umthli Secondary School and Zakir Hussain College, Delhi won the other finals to claim the school girls and college boys titles respectively.
