GG International, Global Indian International School, Chinchwad and debutants Vidya Bhavan HS finished with all-win records to qualify for the knockouts of the Bajaj Allianz-Aspire India School 5s Under-12 Invitational football tournament, at the Freekick Turfs, Baner, on Friday.
On a day when eight knockout slots, including second best placed teams, were up for grabs, the day was peppered with a host of surprises.
First, defending champions Bharti Vidyapeeth, Baner bowed out losing both their Group B5 matches. Later, Vidyanchal, School and Vidya Bhavan H.S were engaged in a 9-goal goal-glut that eventually had Vidya Bhavan walk tall with a 6-3 scoreline in a Group B5 top spot decider.
Interestingly, the scoreline made ‘School 5s’ history as it turned out to be highest match-aggregate of the tournament so far. The encounter also had Harshawardhan Dhumal net four, who shared the honors of being top scorer of the day in a single match with Vedant Samant of Judson HS, Pimpri (v/s SS Agarwal).
During the day, GG International topped Group B2 with wins over Millennium National School (5-0), Vibgyor High, Balewadi (3-0) and then won a seven-goal thriller against Loyola H.S. Seasoned Loyola H.S bowed out without registering a single win.
Group B6 honours went to GIIS, Chinchwad who had wins over SS Agarwal (6-0) and then left it late to down Judson HS 2-0 and garner six points.
Tomorrow (Saturday) will be the day when both pre-quarterfinals and quarterfinals will be played through the day.
RESULTS
Group B2: GG International: 5, Pimpri (Sai Patil 3, Rajvardhan Nandre 1, OG 1) bt Millenium National School, Karvenagar : 0
GG International, Pimpri: 4 (Sai Patil 3, Aryan Panwar) Loyola HS: 3 (Melano Binoy, Neil Sudarshan, Ravjyot)
GG International, Pimpri: 3 (Aryan Panwar, Rajvardhan Nandre, Atharva Jadhav) bt Vibgyor High, Balewadi: 0
Millennium National School, Karvenagar: 1 (Shaunak Patil) bt Loyola H.S: 0
Vibgyor High, Balewadi w/o Loyola HS
Group B5: Vidyanchal School, Aundh: 3 (Anish Dande 2, Kshitij Ingwale) bt Bharti Vidyapeeth, Baner: 0
Vidya Bhavan, H.S Model Colony: 3 (Dhumal Harshwardhan 2, Kshitij Kokate) bt Bharti Vidyapeeth, Baner: 1 (Sairaj Balwadkar)
Vidya Bhavan H.S, Model Colony: 6 (Dhumal Harshawardhan 4, Kshitij Kolkate 2) bt Vidyanchal School, Aundh: 3 (Kshitij Ingwale)
Group B6: Global Indian International School, Chinchwad: 6 (Karan Taneja 2, Siddhant Kukreja 2, Aaron Aigner, Neel Durugkar) bt SS Agarwal (English), Dattawadi: 0
Judson HS, Pimpri: 5 (Vedant Samant 4, Prithviraj Aherrao) bt SS Agarwal (English), Dattawadi: 1 (Sahil Ghadshi)
Global Indian International School, Chinchwad: 2 (Neel Durugkar, Siddhanth Kukreja) bt Judson HS, Pimpri: 0