Antonio De Souza High School crowned winners of Star Sports Young Heroes Mumbai leg final

Antonio De Souza High School defeated St. Mary's SSC by 3-2 in the Final

Star Sports launched its latest sporting venture ‘Young Heroes’ in association with IDBI and Parle to handpick the 16 most talented football players from schools from 15 different cities. It is a 7 a side U-15 school football tournament.

Mumbai, 8th November 2015: Antonio De Souza High School was crowned as the champions in the Mumbai leg of the Young Heroes tournament as they defeated St. Mary's SSC by 3-2 and qualified themselves for the National Finals.

In order to identify young talent, the country’s largest student direct contact programme from the very grassroots through scouting program, Young Heroes completes its campaign in Mumbai where Aman Gaikwad(Don Bosco), Saif Caleb Ali (Ryan International, ICSE)and Aman Manghi (Don Bosco Matunga) were selected through the scouting process at the Goan Sports Association Ground over the last two days. They will be a part of 45 selected students, who will be mentored by the specialized coaches.

All the 64 shortlisted schools were determined and displayed some enthusiastic talent. There were some standout performances by few teams’ like Antonio De Souza High School, St. Mary's SSC, Gokuldham HS and Ryan International Kandivli whose footballers played with passion, grit and determination as a unit.

64 selected schools from Mumbai were divided into 16 groups, where each school played three matches in the group stage followed by the knock-outs, semi-finals and the finals.

Mr. Jamshid Nassiri, Ex-Iranian International Footballer and Head Mentor, Young Heroes, “We witnessed some thrilling and exhilarating games in the last two days in Mumbai. The young players played the game with passion, enthusiasm and zeal. My heartiest congratulations to the winning team along with the young footballers selected from Mumbai, through the scouting process.”

“Young Heroes’ tournament has boosted up all the young students of the country with optimism and motivation to perform better and aim to play football for their country, in days to come.”

In its next destination- Ahmedabad, Young Heroes will continue the scouting program. Young Heroes is committed to elevate the level of football at the grassroots with the intent to give birth to the football heroes of future. The tournament will see over 100 days of activation programme across the participating schools.

All through the tournament, around 45 boys will get selected to undergo a training camp, after which the best 16 will be handpicked by professional coaches to go on an international exposure trip to Spain.