Government Model School, Chandigarh, sealed a berth in the quarterfinals of the U-17 boys' category of the Subroto Cup football tournament beating Indian School, Oman 5-0 at the Ambedkar Stadium here Wednesday.
Chandigarh, who have an all-win record in their pool matches, handed Oman their third successive defeat. In the first session, all the action was confined to the Oman half and the visitors were forced to resort to desperate defending as the local lads took a formidable 4-0 lead by half-time.
Striker Mobashir scored a brace for the winners while Inder Mohan, Ramdin, and Jatinder also found the net.
"It feels good to beat a foreign team. We have come here to win the title and we will do our best," Mubashir said.
In the girls' matches, Saiaithanga High School, Mizoram thrashed TAFFS 7-0. Last year's best female player Offee played a starring role for Mizoram yet again with a hat-trick. Lalruatkimi, Lalabiakoiki, and Elizabeth were the other scorers.
B. Revathi plundered seven goals as AP Sports School, Andhra Pradesh gave their campaign a flying start with a 14-1 thrashing of Fountainhead School, Gujarat in the girls competition.
After Anita had given AP the early lead, Revathi scored four goals in a span of a mere eight minutes to give her team a formidable 5-0 lead in just 15 minutes. Andhra, who were leading 8-0 at the break, continued to pummel their rivals in the second half as well, scoring another six goals.
Tyssad School of Meghalaya edged out St Joseph of Tamil Nadu 3-2 in a hard fought clash, thanks to a hat-trick by Pynhum Sulhet.
Wednesday's results:
(U-17 Boys unless mentioned otherwise) --
Ambedkar Stadium:
Tyrsad School M eghalaya 3 (Pynhum Shulet 11th, 22nd & 44th min) defeated St Mary's School, Tamil Nadu 2(Sowbac kya 16th min; R Rasika 33rd min) (Girls).
Maharashtra (Nagul Yashashri 8th min & 30th min; Nikita Sonavane 28th min; Seema Pavale 58th min) defeated Afghanistan 0 (Girls).
Rev Saiaithanga Momorial School, Mizoram (Ofee 16th, 28th, 45th; Lalruatkimi 41st, Lalabiakoiki 38th, and Elizabeth 23rd) vs TAFS, Delhi 0 (Girls).
Govt Model School, Chandigarh 5 (Mobashim 21st, 30th; Jatinder 27th; Inder Mohan 6th; Ramdin 23rd) defeated Indian School, Oman 0 (Boys).
New Wellington Ground:
Baragari HS Tinsukia, Assam 6 (Dorothi Oreya 18th & 53rd min; Bonti Gogo 37th , 48th and 51st min; Kasilya Smwasi 42nd min) defeated IPSC 0.
Radhamadhab Sanskriti Vidyalay, Manipur 7 (WR Devi 8th min; SR Chanu 19th min; NR Devi 25th, 30th, 40th and 51st min; D Grace 52nd min) defeated Lady of the Rosary HS, Dona Paula, Goa 0 (Girls).
Vasant Valley School:
AP Sports School, AP 14 (N Anitha 4th, 49th & 56th min; B Revathi 6th, 9th, 12th, 14th min, 43rd , 45th min, 53rd min; Y Hemsree 20th min; A Shirisha 32nd, 38th min & 44th min) defeated Fountainhead School, Surat, Gujarat 1 (Pranjal 45th min) (Girls).
Govt Model School, Haryana 2 (Sanju 12th min, Jyoti 48th min) defeated NCC (West Bengal & Sikkim) 0 (Girls).
BKSP, Bangladesh 13 (Rahit Sarkar 4th, 10th 38th; Md Mahimanum 7th, Masooddin 11th, 25th, 48th; Md Sagar 30th, Kabirul 37th, 45th, 70th; Faizullah 51st, Haroon 69th) vs Govt Senior Secondary School, Minicoy, Lakshwadeep 0.
