Biscoe School beat SP School in tense final

U-19 Inter-School Football Tournament

Srinagar, May 28: Tyndale Biscoe continued supremacy in the under-19 inter-school football tournament, defeating SP Higher School by 2-0 in the tense final played at Biscoe School ground, here, Thursday.From the start both the teams played attacking football. In initial minutes of first half, SP School dominated and made several attempts to score. The best chance came SP way in 14th minute when strong short from Runabi missed Biscoe post by a fraction.Biscoe made counter attack but were not able to give finishing touch. In first half no goal was scored but the quality of play from both sides was of highest standard.In second half, Biscoe changed tactics and started to attack from both the wings. Their tactics paid off and SP players looked vulnerable to concede goal. In 50th minute due to mistake of SP defender, Biscoe team was able to score first goal. The ball after getting deflection from SP defender went to Owais who sent it rolling over SP goalkeeper’s head into the net to give his team much needed lead.Seeing his team trailing, SP coach started to shout and pressing his players to go for all out attack. In 60th minute, ball touched hand of Biscoe defender inside penalty area and SP bench and players asked for penalty, but referee over-ruled.As the SP was ruing the missed penalty chance, Biscoe made counter-attack and Adnan Me’raj scored second goal. The goal dented morale of SP boys who till that time were playing their heart out.As the final whistle blew, Biscoe team and their fans went into jubilation. They won the under-19 district Srinagar inter-school football title second straight time. In last year’s final, Biscoe had defeated same opponents in a tiebreaker.Expressing his happiness over the win, Biscoe School physical director, Rajesh John said, “It was a big achievement to defend the title. The match was tough as SP is a strong side and tough to beat.”“We played with aggressive approach which benefited us. Though they also played attacking football, but weak defense let them down,” he added.SP School coach said, “Loss is a loss and there are no excuses for that. Biscoe played well and I congratulate them for defending the title successfully.”Principal Biscoe School, Parvaiz Samuel Koul who was the chief guest on the occasion distributed prizes among the winners.

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