Darussalam pockets 3rd place of “The Ball Blaster” Championship

M.H.Yakeem 

Darussalam College Colombo pocketed the 3rd place beating St. Joseph’s College Colombo by 5 goals to 2 goals  of ” The Ball Blaster ” under 20 all Island division 1 Football Championship 2023, sponsored by srilankankansportstv, organised and conducted by the Sri-Lanka Schools Football Association, under the guidance of the Ministry of Education, played at the Sugathadasa Stadium recently. 

Darussalam College Colombo drawn from group 

” A ” along with St. Joseph’s College Colombo, De Mazenod College Kandana, Hameed Al Husseinie College Colombo and Kingswood College Kandy got qualified to the knock out stage from their respective group by emerging as Champions with 3 wins and a draw. 

In the quarter final, they beat Maris Stella College Negombo by 2 goals to nil with B.M.M.Suhaib netting both the goals and lost the semi final to Zahira College Colombo by 3 goals to 2 in a thrilling contest.

In the decider of the 3rd place, they beat St. Joseph’s College Colombo by 5 goals to 2 to pocket the 3rd place of ” The Ball Blaster ” Championship 2023. Darussalam College Colombo went ahead with M.Z. Zakki scoring in the 5th minute and B.M.M. Suhaib scoring in the 7th minute to give them a 2 nil lead. St. Joseph’s College Colombo came back strongly to reduce the lead with J.D. Daniel netting the goal in the 17th minute to make it 2 goals to 1 at the half time. 3 more goals in the second half by Darussalam College strikers M.Z. Zakki in the 66th minute, M.A. Ahamed in the 70th minute and B.M.M. Suhaib in the 87th minute and St. Joseph’s College second goal coming from the boot of Jerome Perera in the 85th minute and the decider of the 3rd place ending in favour of Darussalam College, Colombo winning by 5 goals to 2.