Big news! India U19 Football Team to face another top class European nation in September
XtraTime Web Desk: The India U19 football team is set to play two friendlies with the Serbia U19 in Serbia, on September 13 and September 17, 2018, the All India Football Federation announced on Saturday. The Serbian tour will follow participation in the four-nation tourney in Croatia alongside France U19, Croatia U19 and Slovenia U19.The friendlies are part of the preparation for the upcoming I-League season, and the U19 AFC Championship qualification in 2019.
“Serbia will be the fifth top-50 team (as per the FIFA rankings) that we will be facing within a month-and-a-half. In a 50-day period, we will be competing six matches under our belt against regular World Cuppers from the two continents of World Football -- South America and Europe,” team director Abhishek Yadav said.
On Sunday, before the Serbian assignment, the team plays the U19 Youth Team of France, whose senior team clinched the World Cup title in July, 2018. This is part of the ongoing four-nation series in Croatia.
India U19 coach Floyd Pinto remarked, “France are the strongest team in the group. They were by far one of the best teams in the FIFA U17 World Cup 2017 India and we are really excited to face them.”’
Looking ahead to the contest, Pinto said, “We will be highly motivated to play them and will give our best in an attempt to register a win. It is going to be very tough but we are hopeful that we can create another upset.”
The Indian team has lost both its matches played in the tourney so far. It went down to Croatia 5-0 in its first match, before falling to Slovenia 1-0.
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Karla Gleichauf
12 May 2017 at 05:28 pm
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M Shyamalan
12 May 2017 at 05:28 pm
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment
Liz Montano
12 May 2017 at 05:28 pm
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment