Shillong, Sept 18: The Meghalaya Football would like to congratulate the H Elias Higher Secondary School football team and all those who made it possible for them to win the prestigious U-17 boys Subroto Cup football tournament in New Delhi yesterday.
H Elias defeated defending champions Bangladesh Krira Shiksha Protisthan, which is the national sports institute of Bangladesh, 1-0 in the final.
“On behalf of the Meghalaya Football Association, I would like to congratulate H Elias Higher Secondary School – the players, school officials and coaches from the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs – for their wonderful achievement.
They not only won the prestigious trophy but did well throughout the competition,” Meghalaya Football Association President Larsing Ming Sawyan said today.
“In recent years not many Indian teams have won the Subroto Cup and to beat the Bangladesh team, who were the defending champions, was a remarkable effort.
This is a great result for Meghalaya football and I hope to see many more such encouraging results,” he added.
