Uttar Pradesh edged past Kerala 2-1 in the semifinal of B C Roy U 19 trophy. If UP indeed fielded a legitimate U 19 side then it's a good achievement for a state that is not much known for football. AIFF must invest more to promote the sport in the most populous state. Football is quite popular at the school level in UP but lack of a proper system stymies growth of the game. AIFF should consider opening an academy in UP.
U.P football teams are actually full of uttrakhand natives whose parents have jobs here and are settled in U.P.I live in moradabad and negi and rawats etc football players are everywhere.Even Nepali's working here play with us.its like garhwali+kumaoni+ek do nepali+ bache hue U.P wale=U.P ki team.
Its actually funny when U.P teams go to play uttrakhand teams.dono taraf pahari londe.haha
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Sourav XI won 3-1 against Maradona XI