Jaago Re Inter Milan Soccer Stars: Shillong school win!

The national finals of the fifth season of the all-India Tata Tea Jaago Re Inter Milan Soccer Stars was held in Shillong with local side O.M. Roy Memorial Secondary School winning the final 2-0 against HRDC Army Boys School from Lucknow at the Polo grounds.

This season Italian giants Internazionale Milan were the new partners of Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars program. In the national finals the top 16 schools from across India took part after 15 zonal qualification tournaments were held with over 7,000 childen from 700 schools taking part.

Obadaiah Bareh of O.M. Roy Memorial Secondary School, Shillong was named as the 'Most Valuable Player' of the tournament and also finished as the top scorer of the national finals. The Best Goalkeeper award went to Amit Khawas of HRDC Army Boys School, Lucknow; while the Skill's contest was won by Yami Longvah of the Shillong Academy H.S.S, Shillong.

In total 38 children have been identified from all the tournaments by head scout Jamshid Nassiri and his scouting team for the coaching camp with local and Inter Milan coaches. 16 children would be chosen from this group to represent India in an international youth tournament in Milan, Italy.