AIFF president Praful Patel interacts with players online

The players, in a video conference, briefed Praful Patel about how they have been spending the lockdown and he wished the U-17 women’s World Cup squad luck.

Published : May 15, 2020 22:23 IST , New Delhi

Praful Patel interacted with the players in an online session.
Praful Patel interacted with the players in an online session.
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Praful Patel interacted with the players in an online session.

All India Football Federation president Praful Patel on Friday asked the Under-17 women's squad members to inspire each other and also told players of the national teams across age-groups to stay patient for action to restart.

In his interaction with the players, Patel enquired about their well-being amid the coronavirus enforced lockdown.

The players, in a video conference, briefed Patel about how they have been spending the lockdown and Patel wished the U-17 women’s World Cup squad luck.

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The Women’s U-17 World Cup, slated to be held in November this year, has been postponed to February next year.

Senior men’s captain Sunil Chhetri, Sandesh Jhingan and Anirudh Thapa alongside women’s team members Bala Devi, Aditi Chauhan and Dangmei Grace were among the players in attendance.

“We are in touch with the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs as to when footballing action can resume in India. Stay safe everyone, and don’t rush. This is such a nice platform where the juniors can look up to their idols directly,” he said.

“I am sure that getting to interact with the likes of Chhetri, Jhingan, Bala and others will inspire the junior players,” Patel added.

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Talking to the group, Chhetri urged everyone to eat and sleep well.

“The lockdown tends to disturb your schedule a lot as everyone tends to sleep at awkward times. That also affects your diet. So as players we need to be extra careful and stick to our routines,” he said.

The women’s national team thanked Patel for “planning a strong international programme” which helped it play 25 friendly matches in 2018-19 as part of its exposure tours.

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