Zahira win title beating St. Patrick’s 3-0
Zahira College Colombo defeated St. Patrick’s College Jaffna 3-0 in the Kotmale Trophy Schools Under-19 Football Tournament final worked off at the Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna yesterday.
The winners took a 1-0 lead at half time with M. Safran scoring the first goal in the 35th minute of the game.
Zahira consolidated their position in the second half with M. A. Zaheer increasing the lead to 2-0 with a superb goal in the 51st minute.
Zaheer then completely sealed the game in favour of Zahira with his second goal in the 80th minute through a free-kick.
Earlier, St. Henry’s College Jaffna won the consolation final while overcoming St. Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa 3-0.
A total of 24 teams participated in this tournament which was conducted by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka.