By Our Reporter
Shillong: 16 teams from 15 cities across the country would fight it out in the finals of the Arsenal Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars Season 4, a tournament sponsored by Tata Tea in association with Arsenal FC, UK to be held at Polo Main Ground on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, talent head scout Jamsheed Nassiri said the finals in Shillong would witness 16 teams from 15 cities across the country fighting for the coveted trophy.
The participating teams hail from cities like Mumbai, Akola, Bhubaneshwar, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Varanasi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Kozikode, Lucknow, Goa and Gangtok, besides host Shillong.
The tournament, a mix of league and knockout matches, would start from 8.30 am and continue till 5 pm. The winning team would be declared as the national champions, added Nassivi.
Nassiri added the tournament is a platform to identify promising kids possessing talent to excel in football.
It was mentioned that 30 such kids would be selected for training by Arsenal coaches both in India and in London and 16 of those would be selected and taken to UK to participate in the Arsenal International Soccer Festival.
Already two young players from Shillong have been selected to participate in the training to be held in Kolkata later this month.