Government High School from Lunglei (Mizoram), who beat SAI, New Delhi, in the quarter-finals on Monday, will face Atletico Paraneanse from Brazil who sailed past Shillion Lajong FC in a last-eight clash.
Government High School from Lunglei (Mizoram), who beat SAI, New Delhi, in the quarter-finals on Monday, will face Atletico Paraneanse from Brazil who sailed past Shillion Lajong FC in a last-eight clash.
Atletico Paraneanse from Brazil scored a conclusive 2-0 victory over Shillong Lajong FC and Government High School from Lunglei (Mizoram) got the better of the SAI development team 5-4 (tie-break) in Monday’s boys U-17 quarter-final matches of the 57th Subroto Cup schools football tournament, at Ambedkar Stadium.
The two will meet in one semi-final while the other pits Army Boys Company from Bengaluru against the team from Haryana.
Atletico had complete control over their quarter-final from the whistle and understandably a good percentage of ball possession. They have a knack of unsettling their opponents as they did to Meghalaya, shutting out all openings with a third minute goal through B.L. Saile. For the rest of the first half, they toyed with their opponents with a tight defense and short passes.
On change of ends, the Brazilians struck again just four minutes into the second half when P. Fales fired in. After the two goals, they played for time. The Shillong boys would have picked up a lesson or two from their opponents on the day.
In the earlier quarter-final, Lalrintluanga, S.R. Lalruatkina, H.P. Remruata, P.C. Lalraut Puia and H.K. Lalruitwanga all hit the target with neat placements for the Lunglei team, while Arif, Mehir, Piyush and Bidya Sagar scored for the SAI squad.
No one expected either team to run through the other side. Nevertheless, there were expectations of some attacking football but the action remained sporadic and for most period of regulation time the teams indulged in aimless shots at goal, more out of frustration than anything else.
