The 2nd goal was poor defending by Jitendra and the 3rd goal was Sanjeev's fault. But I thought this was a pretty good performance and we definitely improved a lot defensively compared to the AFC U-16s. Nawaz came in and looked good and this is a place where we have two very good players (Dheeraj the other), and Boris didn't neglect his defensive duties. The player that stood out once again was Komal; excellent control and skill to get away from his markers to make space for the shot which was well struck. Dare I say, I see a little bit of Coutinho in him and we should try and put out a team out there that allows Komal, Aniket and the third forward to express themselves, and I thought Adam got it right with Lalengmawia being the 3rd man in midfield. Just a word on Joysana who was aggressive and full of running when he came on for Aman and did more his cameo than Aman has done the whole tournament.
it was good performance by Komal, everyone of us can proud of him.fist time India payed against Brazil in the history and scored one of the spectacular goal. but Jidendra was very slow to react and run with the forward.Eve in the last 15 min we didnt try to attack more,as always Nicola try concede less goal so it look nice on the paper
So Brazil vs SA finals. It is interesting that SA defeated Russia. I suspect Russia was done in by the heat and humidity. And I envy china that they get to play Russia for the 3rd/4th places.
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FInally, just a quick word on Rajil Saji who came on in injury time; he was caught for being an age fraud in an earlier tournament back in Kerala (though he is perfectly okay now to play as this is his correct age level). Link here on this http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2013/sep/09/Random-MRI-tests-necessary-to-verify-the-age-of-football-players-515063.html
Though we missed that chance by a mile.