I am surprised AIFF is making this team play against GOALZ project team. lets get it straight, what is GOALZ project?<div><br></div><div> ( For details you can go through this thread - <a href="http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/forum/discussion/904/kolkata-goalz-project/p1" style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/forum/discussion/904/kolkata-goalz-project/p1</a> )</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-align: justify;">In a bid to reach out to youngsters who may be attracted to crime, several agencies, including the city police, on Wednesday came together to announce a soccer project for the youth living in some challenging neighbourhoods of Kolkata. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The project is inspired by Kickz, an initiative that uses the power of football and appeal of professional football clubs to engage young people who may otherwise be difficult to reach in some of the most disadvantaged areas of England.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">So, basically this is one of those social activities where kids from poor households who are being given a opportunity to play football, bond with the community and stay away from crime. What it means in terms of football, is that these are just amateurs playing in different teams.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">WHY is AIFF making national u-15/16 team play against them? Its like choosing a random college and play against them. Maybe its ok to play, but how is this NEWS? they are just creating a false hype</span></div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal;">yet again Mr. Gautam Ghose has his (unintentionally) funny comments -</font><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-family: 'bookman old style'; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Head Coach Gautam Ghosh, nevertheless, wasn’t willing to sound too euphoric about the result. “It’s understandable it’s Mohun Bagan, that too, Mohun Bagan’s U-18 Goal Project Team who are understandably a very strong unit. I’m happy the manner the boys played,”</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-family: 'bookman old style'; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font color="#383838" face="bookman old style"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>If this team fails to win SAFF, I promise I am gonna have a sarcastic take on Gautam Ghosh and this preparation</b></span></font></div>
is this some match report from a Barcelona game?<div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">"<span style="font-family: 'bookman old style'; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(56, 56, 56);">Pathachakra, the reigning Champions of the Kolkata Division League (to qualify for the First Division), a feat which they have achieved for four years in succession, scored two goals in the first half to prevail 2-0.</span></div><p style="font-weight: normal; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </p><p style="outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="outline: none; font-size: 14px;"><span style="outline: none; font-family: 'bookman old style';"><b>The U-16 boys Academy boys ended on the losing side despite having more than 60 percent possession. The Academy boys interchanged between themselves and stitched a string of passes which, most of the times, caught their opponents on the wrong foot.</b></span></span></p><p style="outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="outline: none; font-size: 14px;"><span style="outline: none; font-family: 'bookman old style';"><b><br></b></span></span></p><p style="outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="outline: none; font-size: 14px;"><span style="outline: none; font-family: 'bookman old style';"><a href="http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=4985">http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=4985</a></span></span></p>
AIFF media is the worst, take total advantage of being the official website.<br><br>Hyping teams, generating false reports(Wim), Comeon we are not fools !<br>
<a href="http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5062"><font size="4"><b>India Squad for SAFF U-16 Championship </b></font></a><br><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:bookman old style"><strong><br><font face="Arial">The 23-member Squad is as follows:</font></strong></span></span><font face="Arial">
</font><p><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Goalkeepers:</strong> Anuj Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Subrata Das (West Bengal), M Dheeraj Singh (Manipur)</span></font>
</p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Defenders:</strong> M Jayananda Singh (Manipur), Jerry Lalrinzuala (Mizoram), T Kishan Singh (Manipur), Prosenjit </span><span style="font-size:14px">Chakraborty (West Bengal), Amit Tudu (West Bengal), Nuruddin (Uttar Pradesh), Amey Ranawade (Maharashtra)</span></font>
</p><p><font face="Arial"><strong>Midfielders:</strong>
Bodo Baoringdao (Assam), Kyntiew Kharlukhi (Meghalaya), Surya Tirkey
(Jharkhand), Zonunmawia(Mizoram), Anirudh Thapa (Uttarakhand),
Deependra Singh Negi (Uttarakhand), Aaron Rodrigues (Goa), Chanmitre
Thma (Meghalaya)<br></font></p><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Forwards:</strong>
Laishram Bedashwor Singh (Manipur), Sourav Chakraborty (West Bengal),
Edmund Lalrindika (Mizoram), Krishna Pandit (Chandigarh), Mohammed Hasil
(Kerala)</span>
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</font><p><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Goalkeepers:</strong> Anuj Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Subrata Das (West Bengal), M Dheeraj Singh (Manipur)</span></font>
</p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Defenders:</strong> M Jayananda Singh (Manipur), Jerry Lalrinzuala (Mizoram), T Kishan Singh (Manipur), Prosenjit </span><span style="font-size:14px">Chakraborty (West Bengal), Amit Tudu (West Bengal), Nuruddin (Uttar Pradesh), Amey Ranawade (Maharashtra)</span></font>
</p><p><font face="Arial"><strong>Midfielders:</strong>
Bodo Baoringdao (Assam), Kyntiew Kharlukhi (Meghalaya), Surya Tirkey
(Jharkhand), Zonunmawia(Mizoram), Anirudh Thapa (Uttarakhand),
Deependra Singh Negi (Uttarakhand), Aaron Rodrigues (Goa), Chanmitre
Thma (Meghalaya)<br></font></p><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Forwards:</strong>
Laishram Bedashwor Singh (Manipur), Sourav Chakraborty (West Bengal),
Edmund Lalrindika (Mizoram), Krishna Pandit (Chandigarh), Mohammed Hasil
(Kerala)</span>
</font><p><font face="Arial"><strong>Head Coach:</strong> Goutam Ghosh, <strong>Assistant Coach:</strong> John Kenneth Raj, <strong>Goalkeeper Coach:</strong> Feroz Sheriiff, <strong>Physiotherapist:</strong> Somya Rout</font><br></p>