Don Bosco Engineers steal the show; crowned Goa University Football Champions

Football is anybodies game! Don Bosco Engineering College, Fatorda just proved that as they were crowned champions of the inter-college football tournament on Friday. The Engineers defeated favorites Dhempe College, Miramar 2-0 in the final at the Goa University grounds, Taleigao. The tournament was organized by the Goa University.



In the exciting final, Don Bosco surprised Dhempe with some smart piece of play. The Fatorda side implemented their strategies well to thwart Dhempe's attacking game policy.

After a goalless first half, Don Bosco broke the deadlock in the 56th minute through Joel Dias. Jolted severely, Dhempe made furious attempts to level the scoreline. However, on the the contrary, the Miramar side conceded the second goal in the 90th minute. Don Bosco's Aggio Antao was bang on target to seal the victory and championship in favor of the Fatorda side.

Prof. A. V. Afonso, Vice Chancellor of Goa University, was the chief guest and presented medals and trophies to the Winners and Runners up.

The Teams

Don Bosco Engg. (winners): Kanchan Kiro (capt), Cleofas Cardoso, Mouvin Marques, Frazier Rogtao, Joshua Dias, Stallon Mascarenhas, Frazir Monteir, Joal Dias, Aggio Antao, Lazren Dias, Joyston Fernandes, Samson ibeiro, Leny Cardoso, Joshua Barreto, Lourence Allister, Samuel Fernandes, Joshua Fernandes, Pranoy Paes.

Dhempe College(Runners-up): Myron Fernandes (capt), Roystan Fernandes, Rohit Janardhan, Minesh Kunkolkar, Kiran Kari, Gauresh Dias, Jerson Pereira, Standly Fernandes, Pritesh Sawant, Salim Samimy, Raymond Rodrigues, Akshay Salunke, Francisco DeSouza, Mozam Khan, Dayesh Vengurlekar, Shoib Barakzai, Ahmad Khalid, Siddesh Vasta.