Article by mid-day on organising WC, lead voice= javier ceppi!
In India, jugaad often happens. Things get done at the last minute. I have no time for that. We have no time for that. We want to deliver a world-class event where there's no jugaad.
"This won't be like the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where they said this will be like a wedding and kept saying 'it will get done, it will get done'. That's bull***t. We need to work and we need to have things ready one year before the tournament because we need to test the venues. And we need to keep testing them," Ceppi told mid-day yesterday.
The Chilean, who was the Executive Director of the 2015 Chile U-17 World Cup and the Assistant General Coordinator of the Abu Dhabi venue for the 2013 edition, was in Mumbai yesterday to attend 'The Football Movement', where he was a panelist in a discussion on sponsorship in football.
Only last month, All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary Kushal Das had said that getting the venues ready for the tournament would be the biggest challenge. Apart from Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium, Kolkata, New Delhi, Kochi, Guwahati and Goa have been given the nod provisionally.
'DY Patil is the best' However, Ceppi heaped praise on the Navi Mumbai venue, calling it the best of the lot. "The DY Patil Stadium is the best stadium in the country for football. We have been given a list of 8,254 items by FIFA that each stadium must comply with. DY Patil complies with more items in the list than other stadiums.
"All the six venues are still provisional venues. We have an inspection in the coming months, probably in January. The final inspection will be one year before the tournament, at which point they need to be fully compliant with all core infrastructural matters," Ceppi said, before adding that India is more prepared at this stage than most of their predecessors.
"I can tell you that we are better than what Chile (which hosted the tournament earlier this year) was two years before the tournament. We're better than where UAE (2013 hosts) and Nigeria (2009 hosts) were at this stage.
Arsene Wenger is ready to complete moves for Under-17 stars Kelechi Nwakali and Samuel Chukwueze who are both expected to join the Gunners this month,The duo were key members of the Nigeria team that won the under-17 World Cup in Chile in November are are currently at the Diamond Football Academy in Umuahia, Nigeria.
Thanks for sharing that..this shows the amount of scouting that can happen at the U-17 WC's..Am surprised they didnt go for the top scorer Nigerian though Visctor Osman.. @Soham: This GK might have been from the Maharashtra 11 that played the AIFF team..thats how more scouting is happening currently
oh wait - the article says- " He's one of the three Mumbai boys who will be representing India for the friendly games in South Africa next month." Are we playing South Africa or their club teams next month??..sounds good @Negi: can u confirm
@Ronny We did but Victor decided to go to Wolfsburg instead... probably thought he had a better chance with them than Arsenal. Also, Arsenal recently signed a massive Dutch talented striker from Ajax last summer and has good enough young quality up front so Victor would have had a lot of competition.
NorthEast XI to face India U-17 football squad on January 29
The match will be organised by Shillong Lajong Football Club with the support and cooperation of all the state football associations of the North East including Sikkim, Shillong Lajong FC said in a release on Tuesday.
National team scouts will be present at the game and will select the most outstanding players who will be part of the U-17 World Cup probable squad.
In total, a 22-member squad consisting of boys from seven North Eastern states of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura are currently training with Shillong Lajong FC in Shillong.
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AIFF scout Dipankar Chaudhary at Tinsukia, Assam for WC scouting.
In India, jugaad often happens. Things get done at the last minute. I have no time for that. We have no time for that. We want to deliver a world-class event where there's no jugaad.
"This won't be like the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where they said this will be like a wedding and kept saying 'it will get done, it will get done'. That's bull***t. We need to work and we need to have things ready one year before the tournament because we need to test the venues. And we need to keep testing them," Ceppi told mid-day yesterday.
The Chilean, who was the Executive Director of the 2015 Chile U-17 World Cup and the Assistant General Coordinator of the Abu Dhabi venue for the 2013 edition, was in Mumbai yesterday to attend 'The Football Movement', where he was a panelist in a discussion on sponsorship in football.
Only last month, All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary Kushal Das had said that getting the venues ready for the tournament would be the biggest challenge. Apart from Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium, Kolkata, New Delhi, Kochi, Guwahati and Goa have been given the nod provisionally.
'DY Patil is the best'
However, Ceppi heaped praise on the Navi Mumbai venue, calling it the best of the lot. "The DY Patil Stadium is the best stadium in the country for football. We have been given a list of 8,254 items by FIFA that each stadium must comply with. DY Patil complies with more items in the list than other stadiums.
"All the six venues are still provisional venues. We have an inspection in the coming months, probably in January. The final inspection will be one year before the tournament, at which point they need to be fully compliant with all core infrastructural matters," Ceppi said, before adding that India is more prepared at this stage than most of their predecessors.
"I can tell you that we are better than what Chile (which hosted the tournament earlier this year) was two years before the tournament. We're better than where UAE (2013 hosts) and Nigeria (2009 hosts) were at this stage.
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@Soham: This GK might have been from the Maharashtra 11 that played the AIFF team..thats how more scouting is happening currently
Are we playing South Africa or their club teams next month??..sounds good @Negi: can u confirm
http://www.firstpost.com/sports/indias-future-u17-world-cup-team-coach-nicolai-adam-still-looking-for-finishing-and-defending-talent-2555654.html
NorthEast XI to face India U-17 football squad on January 29
The match will be organised by Shillong Lajong Football Club with the support and cooperation of all the state football associations of the North East including Sikkim, Shillong Lajong FC said in a release on Tuesday.
National team scouts will be present at the game and will select the most outstanding players who will be part of the U-17 World Cup probable squad.
In total, a 22-member squad consisting of boys from seven North Eastern states of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura are currently training with Shillong Lajong FC in Shillong.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/northeast-xi-to-face-india-u-17-football-squad-on-january-29-116011900706_1.html
Boys will be kept busy