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Pune: Vidya Bhavan H.S turned out to be lone group topper from the group stage to qualify for the last-4 of the Bajaj Allianz-Aspire India School 5s Under-12 Invitational football tournament, at the Freekick Turfs, Baner, on Saturday.<\/p>\nPune: Vidya Bhavan H.S turned out to be lone group topper from the group stage to qualify for the last-4 of the Bajaj Allianz-Aspire India School 5s Under-12 Invitational football tournament, at the Freekick Turfs, Baner, on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The other semifinalists were surprise entrants with SSPMS Boarding, Indira National School, Wakad and Hume McHenry turning out to be teams who finished their respective groups as second-best.<\/p>\n
Vidya Bhavan began with a struggle in their knockout campaign needing a comeback win over Ornellas HS 2-1, with Aryan Sahu netting the match-winner. However, in their quarterfinal encounter, they rode on Kshitij Kolkate’s three-goal effort to down GG International 3-0. GG International looked to be title contenders as they came in with an all-win record.<\/p>\n
SSPMS Boarding and Hume McHenry impressed scoring eight goals in the two knockout matches they played en route the semis.<\/p>\n
SSPMS ran their success via the effort of Harshavardhan Pawar who scored eight goals. First, they beat Anglo Urdu Boys 4-0 and then downed Pawar Public School 4-1 to avenge the loss they suffered in the group-stage at Mundhwa.<\/p>\n
Hume McHenry followed SSPMS’s route fighting off the challenge of Hill Green 3-2 in a tight match and then ran up a 5-0 scoreline against Aspire India Juniors with the Shaikh siblings Ayaan and Abusufiyan netting two each.<\/p>\n
Among all semifinalists, Indira National School, Wakad had a rough run. In the last-16, Indira pushed out Ramabai Marathi Medium School 4-3 in the tiebreaker after sharing a goal each at full time. Laksh Rangnekar turned out to be the match-winner.<\/p>\n
In their quarterfinal tie, Indira had Shikhar Maurya score a brace to down Vibgyor High, Balewadi 2-0.<\/p>\n
For the statistic minded, a total of 48 goals were scored in 12 matches during the day. <\/p>\n
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