FIFA U17 World Cup: Dronacharya Syed Nayeemuddin analyzes the performance of India U17 football team

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Syed Nayeemuddin in an interaction with www.xtratime.in. Image Source: XtraTime

Suman Chakravorty & Sabyasachi Bagchi, New Delhi: Legendary footballer Syed Nayeemuddin has been the first Dronacharya football coach for India. He was also the bronze medal winning captain of the Indian football team back in 1970 in the Asian Games. Nayeemuddin got felicitated by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and FIFA on the historic moment of the FIFA U17 World Cup. In this grand event India participated for the first time where they faced USA in the first match. Nayeem watched the game throughout and after watching them play he had his view about the room for improvement as well as his thoughts regarding the infrastructure which has got improved in the last few years.

Here goes the interview: