India U16 now in Qatar. In the first match we defeated famous Aspire Academy 2 -0 !!! In the second match already 6 -0 up with in 30 minutes of play against Al Saliya U6
Impressive result by our U16 team , Yesterday they defeated Al Sadd 1-0 !! South Soccer claim that Al Sadd team had mix of U19 and U23 reserve team !!!
I think we really need international friendlies for them and not just these club friendlies where results can be misleading.. even if they play SAFF and ASEAN international teams, those would be better than club teams
AIFF keeps sending them to places where they have agreements with other federations and instead their youth teams get to play against an international team..same happened with previous batch.. we really need more international friendlies/invitational tournaments to see where these guys stand..also if possible scouting similar to what was done for U17 WC team in terms of other countries/PIO's would help
The two team that we beat in this tour , Aspire Academy and Al Sadd are not an easy opponent. Aspire academy is one of the best youth academy in the region and even consists of non Qatari boys.
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