The all-important goal came two minutes from the end. Star Canossa forward Sumila Pereira was brought down in the box by a defender and the referee awarded a penalty. Elysha Barretto converted the spot-kick with a neat placement to the left of goalkeeper Liby Dominic to send her supporters and team-mates into raptures.

Canossa began well on the murky ground, but faded out after the first ten minutes of the 40-minute encounter. They weren't allowed a single goal view by the St Joseph's defence, in which Khushboo Goyal stood out.

St Joseph's dictated terms thereafter but failed to convert three chances that came their way. Once when all seemed lost for Canossa, goalkeeper Priyanka Chordia brought off a fine save. In the second-half,Canossa dictated terms almost right through and did not look back till they earned the penalty, which fetched them the match-winner.

Noronha's tricks

: Earlier, seven goals, including a hat-trick by Egypsio Noronha was the highlight of St Xavier's (Fort) 10-0 victory over St Mary's SSC B in the under-8 section. Gallagher D'Souza (2) and Savio Pereira were the other goal-getters.

The other player to shine was Bishwa Pande. He netted all four goals as St Mary's ISC A trounced St Lawrence (Vashi) 4-0, also in the under-8 tussle.

Results:

At St Dominic Savio ground, Andheri - Under-8-C:

St Dominic Savio 2 (Shravanraj H 2) bt Holy Family 1, Andheri, 1 (Sherwin Rebello). Under-10 play-off:

St Francis D'Assisi A 3 (Dipesh Shetty, Canver Rodrigues, Manas Jacob) bt St Dominic Savio 0.

At Azad maidan - Under-8-B:

St Xavier's, Fort, 10 (Egypsio Noronha 7 including hat-trick, Gallagher D'Souza 2, Savio Pereira) bt St Mary's SSC B 0; St Mary's ISC A (Bishwa Pande 4 includinghat-trick) bt St Lawrence, Vashi, 0. Under-8-D:

Our Lady's School, Dadar, 1 (Suraj Pady) bt St Mary's ISC B 0; St Mary's SSC A 4 (Ameya Shetty 2, Murtuza Dalal, Snedden Monteiro) bt St Stanislaus C 0. Under-8-E:

Campion 3 (Jeegar Shah 2, Haji Aman) bt St Michael's, Mahim, 0. Under-10 play-off:

St Mary's SSC A 5 (Kurt Baptista 3, Nevron D'Mello, Dewen Durandhar) bt St Stanislaus C 0. Girls under-16 hardlines:

Bombay International 4 (Nainvi Vora 2, Rashi Kapoor, Sujathat Moraes) bt St Augustine, Nerul, 3 (Arti Thakur, Nirmal Kanr, Sonia Kapoor) full-time: 1-1, tie-breakar 3-2. Final:

Canossa Convent, Andheri, 1 (Elysha Barretto) bt St Joseph's, Vikhroli, 0.