This Mexican team doesn't have that much quality, on the other side England is superb. Each player of England side is skillful, It is the England who played casually at the last quarter that's why Mexico able to scored two goal. In the second match Iraq, Dawood what a player man, He single handedly pulled his team.Chile what to say, a weak team that's set.
I don't know about other venue but In Kolkata's facilities for spectators is quite good. At the time of entry, they provided 2 pouch of water for each person and that's not the limit, you can take more than that,if you want. Volunteers were very dedicated at their work, which is quite uncommon in domestic football matches. Stadium looks beautiful, a massive change from last visit. Overall a good experience.
New Delhi:After the first two matches in the ongoing under-17 World Cup, the Indian players seem to have come within the radar of players' agents from India and other countries.With no one from the All India Football Federation(AIFF) around to keep a vigil, at least one French players' agent, who is of Indian origin, is camping in the team hotel for the last few days and freely talking to Indian boys."The gentleman is also very friendly with the coach (Luis Norton de Matos). He is sometimes present during players' lunch and dinner in the hotel. Even a young footballer felt he should not be talking to the players during a crucial championship. India still have an important match to play... It could be a huge distraction for the boys," said a source.As if that was not enough, the agent has also clicked photos with some players and posted it insocial media, saying few of them are capable of playing in Europe.Interestingly, the AIFF, as a matter of policy, does not allow agents to talk to footballers, especially juniors, while they are on national duty.A few years ago, one foreign coach, attached withthe India under-21 side, was removed mainly because he was found hobnobbing with agents."If any agent is talking to the players, we are not aware of it," said the AIFF general secretary, Kushal Das."Ideally, it should not happen. We will look into thematter and take appropriate actions in case it is true," he added.The federation, however, is confident that all players in the under-17 squad would stay with theteam even after the World Cup is over.The team is likely to be renamed as Arrows and would be entered in the I-League. Portuguese coach De Matos is set to continue as the coach in I-League.In fact, the same set of boys is also to be entered for the Asian under-19 qualifiers next month, though the federation has a separate team for that age group."Unfortunately, the under-19 squad has not impressed much in the last few days. But a few of them, who are better in the lot, could be incorporated in the team with the under-17 boys," an official said.
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New Delhi:After the first two matches in the ongoing under-17 World Cup, the Indian players seem to have come within the radar of players' agents from India and other countries.With no one from the All India Football Federation(AIFF) around to keep a vigil, at least one French players' agent, who is of Indian origin, is camping in the team hotel for the last few days and freely talking to Indian boys."The gentleman is also very friendly with the coach (Luis Norton de Matos). He is sometimes present during players' lunch and dinner in the hotel. Even a young footballer felt he should not be talking to the players during a crucial championship. India still have an important match to play... It could be a huge distraction for the boys," said a source.As if that was not enough, the agent has also clicked photos with some players and posted it insocial media, saying few of them are capable of playing in Europe.Interestingly, the AIFF, as a matter of policy, does not allow agents to talk to footballers, especially juniors, while they are on national duty.A few years ago, one foreign coach, attached withthe India under-21 side, was removed mainly because he was found hobnobbing with agents."If any agent is talking to the players, we are not aware of it," said the AIFF general secretary, Kushal Das."Ideally, it should not happen. We will look into thematter and take appropriate actions in case it is true," he added.The federation, however, is confident that all players in the under-17 squad would stay with theteam even after the World Cup is over.The team is likely to be renamed as Arrows and would be entered in the I-League. Portuguese coach De Matos is set to continue as the coach in I-League.In fact, the same set of boys is also to be entered for the Asian under-19 qualifiers next month, though the federation has a separate team for that age group."Unfortunately, the under-19 squad has not impressed much in the last few days. But a few of them, who are better in the lot, could be incorporated in the team with the under-17 boys," an official said.
Ps. It would be much beneficial to have majority of them playing abroad though!