Chandigarh and Uttarakhand schools ready for Subroto Cup finals
New Delhi: Last edition’s runners-up Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37B, Chandigarh and first-time finalists, Amenity Public School, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand exuded confidence ahead of the final clash of the prestigious Subroto Cup International Football Tournament.
The 62nd edition of India’s marquee school football tournament was held yesterday in the national capital at Dr. B.R. Air Chief Marshal V.R. at Ambedkar Stadium The showpiece event, Boys Under-17 Final, will be organized in the presence of Choudhary PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff. The Chief of Air Staff has agreed to be the chief guest on the occasion. Also, Anju Bobby George, the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the World Championships, will be the guest of honor at the event.
Government Model SSS, Chandigarh will look to upgrade their position from the last edition where they lost to Pilgrim HSS, Dimapur, Nagaland in the final.
This is the third time a Chandigarh school has qualified for the final of the tournament, the first time being in 2005, where they lost to Nobel Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal in the penalty shoot-out (sudden death). The team includes players from Chandigarh Football Academy, who will try to bring the title to Chandigarh for the first time. Goalkeeper Rohit and midfielder Bobby Singh are part of the Indian Under-17 setup.
Government Model SSS. Coach Sandeep Singh said, “We are really confident about the final tomorrow. The players are motivated to win the title this time which we could not win in the previous edition. The opposition team is good and we are expecting a 50-50 match. It all depends on that day, how the players play and the better team will win that day.
On the other hand, Amenity Public School, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, representing the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), created history by becoming the first school representing CBSE to reach the finals of the prestigious tournament. This is the first time that a school from Uttarakhand has qualified for the finals of the country’s most prestigious inter-school tournament.
Amenity Public School manager Amit Verma said, “The players are confident of the final and will try to create history. We have worked hard to get here and we would like to go on and win trophies. We are playing against a very strong team and we will play our best football tomorrow.
–IANS
