Now with the lights dimmed at the Salt Lake Stadium and the confetti cleared post the nightly revelries of October 28, the arduous voyage to reshape India’s football destiny begins.
13,47,133: Total attendance recorded across six venues and 52 games, making this edition the most-attended U-17 World Cup in history, bettering the ...
A moment of fortuitous break, exploited by the team’s playmaker Alan, put the South American champion ahead in the 55th minute of the third place playoff match against Mali in the FIFA under-17 World Cup, before substitute Yuri Alberto added one more, two minutes from the whistle to ensure a winning end to the South American champion's Indian campaign.
Analysing his team's unbelievable comeback after trailing 0-2 in the first 31 minutes, Cooper said, “It is little bit surreal. May be we will understand tomorrow once we realise what we have done — the football that we played, the individual talent, the team identity, the character and personality.”
“We had our worst match of the World Cup. It was our worst match in two and half years, but we were lucky it went our way,” said Brazil coach Carlos Amadeu in the post-match press conference at the Salt Lake Stadium here.
“You have to start somewhere. You are on the right path, have hosted the under-17 World Cup and got exposure. A training centre is coming up in Kolkata. That will help. You have to go around the world and get more information,” said Campbell at a press conference on the sidelines of the under-17 World Cup final at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday.
The FIFA Under-17 World Cup final promises a free-flowing but a tactically nuanced encounter which will often see interchanging of positions and systems as the teams figure ways to assert their dominance.
While Spanish coach Santiago Denia said his team would look to play to its strengths, Steve Cooper, his English counterpart, said, his players will try to stay humble and play according to the plan and system.
