IFB Boca Football Champs: MSPHSS - Mallapuram & SGGS - Chandigarh win in their categories!
MSPHSS
Mallapuram from Kozhikode prevailed over team Fr. Agnel High School
Pilar, Goa to win the National Finals of the IFB Boca Football Champs
tournament in the school category, while Chandigarh based SGGS (Khalsa)
won over Barasat College from Kolkata in the college category, held at
the Cuncolim football ground in Goa. The winners received the glittering
trophy at the hands of sports personality Rohan Gavaskar.
Team MSPHSS Mallapuram from Kozhikode captained by Asif A triumphed over
Fr. Agnel High School Pilar, Goa captained by Megan Silveira with the
final score reading 2-0.
In the college level national tournament, which is the first of its kind
in the country, team SGGS from Chandigarh captained by Nikhil Prashar
won over Barasat College, Kolkata captained by Muzaffar Ali, with the
final score reading 4-0.
Sixteen
teams from eight cities – Delhi, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Bangalore,
Kozhikode, Shillong, Pune and Goa – competed for the top spot in Goa.
The Cuncolim ground in Goa saw a packed crowd of enthusiastic football
supporters converge at the football field to cheer for the teams.
The first-ever IFB Boca Football Champs - a nationwide search for the
country's next Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Riquelme and Carlos
Tevez culminated in Goa.
IFB roped in the very best technical partners to carry out its sports
mission - the Argentinian Club, Club Atlético Boca Juniors who have had
players like the legendary Diego Maradona and other players including
Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Sebastian Veron, Riquelme, Claudio Canigga,
Fernando Gago and Carlos Tevez coming through the youth development
program of the club.
30 shortlisted players from the tournament will participate in a one
week training camp in Goa conducted by coaches from Club Atlético Boca
Juniors, out of which 14 players will travel to Buenos Aires to train
under the coaches of Boca Juniors.
Over the last five months well known former international footballer who
also played for top Indian clubs East Bengal Club and Mohammedan
Sporting Club, and Head Scout at the IFB Boca Football Champs, Jamshid
Nassiri, has been keeping a keen eye on the players at selections across
the country scouting for potential talent.
16
winning teams in all, two from each city (winners of the school and
college tournament in each of the cities) made it to the grand finals in
Goa. DAV School and Khalsa College from Chandigarh; CRPF Rohini and
Maharaja Agrasen from Delhi; Jangram High School and Barasat College
from Kolkata; JN Petit and Bishops from Pune; ASC Boys and Al Ameen from
Bangalore; MSPHSS Mallapuram and MES College
Mampad from
Kozhikode; Shillong College HSS and Shillong College from Shillong and
Fr. Agnel School Pilar and Rosary College Navelim from Goa locked horns
at the play-offs in Goa
