Inventure Academy wins YFCC Soccer Fest Under 14

Belief in one’s abilities and excellent team work is a surefire recipe for a win. This was displayed by Inventure Academy `Under 14’ soccer team which defeated 15 other Bangalore schools to be declared the winners in the Interschool Football Tournament recently.

“The team’s battling spirit and each of us carefully calculating our strategies together towards a goal to happen, made us come out as winners ,” says Nirvair Nair, the school soccer captain for Under 14 and the goal keeper for the tournament, as a matter of fact.

Inventure Academy’s winning team was testimony to the regular practice year round for least 40 minutes everyday and the importance placed on team spirit.

“In football or any sports team, besides having the talent to play the sport well, it is also very important for a coach to work on the combination of players and understand what each player is capable of,’’ explains Inventure Academy Soccer Coach J Fredy.

There were several occasions when the Inventure players were nervous and thought the opposition was getting stronger but ``we would cool down each other and rework on our strategies,’’ comments Ahaan Bhardwaj, the mid-fielder of the team.

The finals against DPS South was a nail biting experience, particularly when Nirvair, showed tremendous temperament as goal keeper, and saved two fiercely struck penalty shots to help the team win.

“We could see that the opponents were bigger and physically stronger but we were there to give in our best in each of the game,”’ adds Nirvair.

Inventure Academy Under 14- team (Boys)
Nirvair Nair (Captain)
Martin Shek
Vedanth Jain
Tanish Kharab
Ahaan Bharadwaj
Abhilash SA
Pranav Jaisingh
Vishal Shah

Score:Group A
Pre-Quarterfinals
Inventure Academy Vs Mallya Aditi International School- Won 3-0

Quarter finals
Inventure Academy Vs Presidency. Won 2-0

Semifinals
Inventure Academy Vs Jain Heritage High School- Won 5-4

Finals
Inventure Academy Vs DPS South- 3-1

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