The Sacred Heart Parish, Vashi, dished out a spirited performance as they recovered brilliantly to score a hard-fought 2-1 win against St. Blaise Parish, Amboli in the final of the second Bishop Allwyn D’Silva Rink football championship at St. John the Baptist Church, Thane. The highlight of Sacred Heart’s victory was the twin strikes from their prolific scorer Axel Peters, which secured their win.
The spirited St. Blaise team stunned their rival citadel when their consistent goal-scorer Dustin D’Costa found the back of the net in the eighth minute and provided his team a slender 1-0 half-time lead.
However, after switching ends, the Sacred Heart outfit put up a much improved display and created better chances. Striker Axel Peters did well to convert from two opportunities to seal Sacred Heart’s triumph.
Earlier, in the semi-finals, St. Blaise routed Holy Cross Parish ‘B’, Kurla, 6-1. Harold Fernandes and Jason Miranda, both struck a brace of goals each, while Vernon Alva and Dustin D’Costa chipped in with one each for the winners. Rurak D. netted the lone goal for the losers.
In the second semi-final, Sacred Heart tamed Our Lady of Salvation, Dadar by a comfortable 3-1 margin. For Sacred Heart, the goals came through the efforts of Siddharth Colaco, Dexter Peters and Francisco Dominic while the Dadar Parish reduced the margin through a strike from Neville C.
Francisco Dominic of Sacred was later declared as the ‘Player of the Tournament’.
