St. Peter’s College soccer: ‘Thieves of dreams’

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There was a time when it seemed that glory was out of reach… It was viewed as a football fairytale when the minnows upset more than one giant in schools football, on their way to the fourth Kotmale Chox Under 19 Championship 2014, organised by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. St. Peter’s eventually banished their five-year hoodoo with St. Joseph’s, by beating them to 1-nil, at their first encounter played at the CR & FC grounds. The Peterites dominated play most of the time and gave no chances to the opposition to score. Even though they missed out on a few opportunities, the match ended up with 1 goal to nil in favour of St. Peter’s. In the second match played early this month, it was fascinating to see the Peterites putting the much-fancied Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa to discomfort. Though the match ended in a

draw, 2 goals apiece, the Peterites could have bagged a win in this case as well, with their play leading the game at every stage. The 3rd match in the Chox calendar for the Peterites were Lyceum International, which was played on 20 June. St. Peter’s sent Lyceum packing with a rousing 8-0 victory. With this win the Peterites have become one of the unbeaten teams in the tournament. They will be playing their fourth and final match of their group early this month and will face Holy Cross Kalutara, another strong contender.