Goalkeeper Arhatwa Dongre saves three penalties as Bishop's Camp reach Loyola Cup U-12 semi-finals
Bishop's Camp beat St Vincent's 3-1 in a shootout after a 2-2 draw, while Vidya Valley won both their U-12 and U-14 quarter-finals.
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Goalkeeper Arhatwa Dongre starred in the Under-12 quarter-final of the Loyola Football Cup. He made three crucial saves in the penalty shootout, and on the strength of them The Bishop's School, Camp, beat St Vincent's High School 3-1 to reach the semi-finals. The match was played on Tuesday at the Loyola High School ground in Pashan.
The two teams were level at 2-2 in regulation time, so the result had to be decided by a penalty shootout. The tournament is organised by Loyola School and the Ex-Loyola Alumni Network. It is sponsored by Tata Autocomp.
Bishop's Camp started the match aggressively. In the fourth minute they took the lead through an own goal by St Vincent's Viren Bilimoria. In the 15th minute Kian Suryavanshi scored to make it 2-0.
St Vincent's did not give up, however. Riyansh Mundada scored in the 24th minute to cut the deficit. Viren Bilimoria then scored in the 39th minute to level the match at 2-2.
In the shootout, Kian Suryavanshi, Ranveer Zende and Pranay Menon scored penalties for Bishop's Camp. St Vincent's got one goal, scored by Viren Bilimoria. Arhatwa Dongre saved three penalties and sealed the team's win.
In another Under-12 quarter-final, Bishop's Co-Ed School, Undri, held Vidya Bhavan High School to a goalless draw in regulation time. Bishop's Co-Ed then won the shootout 4-2. Arnav Jadhav, Harsh Kumbhar, Jayansh Reddy and Mitansh Shinde scored penalties for them. Moses Gaware and Shlok Kadam scored for Vidya Bhavan.
Vidya Valley School beat Infant Jesus School 5-0 in an Under-12 quarter-final and entered the semi-finals. Ekansh Ojha scored twice, in the 22nd and 25th minutes. Aditya Dwivedi (35th minute), Chirag Birje (37th) and Riyansh Prashar (39th) also scored to secure a big win.
Vidya Valley's winning run continued in the Under-14 category too. In the quarter-final they beat Infant Jesus School 6-0. Ansh Parihar scored twice, in the 7th and 25th minutes. Arjun Bhatia (18th), Aarav Yadwad (26th), Adiraj Phalke (28th) and Yuvan Lohia (35th) scored one goal each.
The quarter-final results: Under-12: Bishop's Camp 2 (3 in shootout) v St Vincent's 2 (1 in shootout); Bishop's Co-Ed 0 (4) v Vidya Bhavan 0 (2); Vidya Valley 5 v Infant Jesus 0. Under-14: Vidya Valley 6 v Infant Jesus 0.
