U-17 Coach Wants Friendlies In India

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    • Publish Date: Aug 4 2017 11:16AM
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    • Updated Date: Aug 4 2017 11:16AM
U-17 Coach Wants Friendlies In India

CHENNAI: The Indian team's preparation for the Under-17 World Cup later this year has not been smooth so far. After their exposure tour to the United States was cancelled last month for want of sufficient time to procure visas and another trip to Mexico delayed due to visa and ticketing issues, it seems that their trip Australia later this month is under the cloud due to extreme weather conditions in the country.

It was learnt that India's Portuguese coach Luis Norton de Matos has voiced his concerns to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) recently and wants the parent body to organize a tournament or a few friendlies in India instead. "The U-17 team is now in Mexico where the temperature is around 18 degrees. They will return to a hot and humid Delhi in the second week of August and are supposed to fly to Australia on August 15. While there wouldn't have been any issues in procuring the visas this time around, the weather is a major deterrent," AIFF general secretary Kushal Das told TOI on Thursday.

"It's extremely cold in Australia now and the temperature is currently ranging between 0-8 degrees. So the coach feels that the young boys will find it difficult to adjust to the climatic conditions in such a small span of time. In fact, we won't even play the World Cup in such severe cold conditions. Hence, he has instead asked us if we can organize a few matches or a tournament in the country to facilitate their preparations," Das added.

The Indian team is currently on an exposure tour of Mexico where they will play three friendlies against Mexico (August 3), Colombia (August 4) and Chile (August 6). Thereafter, the team was scheduled to visit Australia, where they were supposed to play against New Zealand, New Caledonia and two local sides. Das, though, is not completely ruling out the Australia tour. "It is a proposal by the coach and we are now working on the logistics to conduct matches in India. If we feel it won't be possible to organize matches in short notice, we might send the team to Australia. Nothing is final till now," Das pointed out.

India, who have been grouped with the United States, Colombia and Ghana, will host the Under-17 World Cup from October 6-28. The side will play all their matches in Delhi.

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Waayavya Mahadik ST JOHNS HIGH SCHOOL

Yes actually, the coach is right. Friendliness is required to encourage the sport in India. Unlike other games like cricket, football hasn''t gained much importance and fame in India. Still skillful players are emerging for to make football gain interest in India . To achieve this, the people and others should accept this game and shoe friendliness towards it

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