India U-20 to play Argentina counterparts in COTIF Cup
Tuesday - July 17, 2018 5:10 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
New Delhi July 17 (IANS) The India U-20 national team will be crossing swords with U-20 teams of Argentina Venezuela and Mauritania when the boys travel to Spain to participate in the COTIF Cup -- the Mini Mundial Sub U-20 mens football tournament.
The tournament is slated to kick-off on July 29.
Besides the U-20 boys will also play Murcia U-20 a local side in the tournament.
Abhishek Yadav director national teams said the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has drawn up a template where all national teams will play international competitions in addition to their domestic schedule.
"The COTIF tournament in Spain falls well into our plans and we are excitedly looking forward to it. In the Sub20 category India will be up against teams from renowned football powerhouses that will be preparing for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019 qualifiers " he said.
"For the development of all national teams across age-groups we have drawn up a template in which playing matches on a regular basis has been given high weight " Yadav also an AIFF Executive Committee member said.
"In an ideal mix in addition to domestic matches we will participate in competitions involving AFC opposition non-AFC opposition matches against higher-age teams in different playing conditions etc."
"We are pushing the envelope. We have done this with the U-17 World Cup team and are doing it with the U-16 boys national team as well. We will soon extend it to the female national teams and a fresh U-15 boys national team " he stated.
The U-20 national team will comprise boys who represented India in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 and boys who represented India in the AFC U-19 Qualifiers in 2017.
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The tournament is slated to kick-off on July 29.
Besides the U-20 boys will also play Murcia U-20 a local side in the tournament.
Abhishek Yadav director national teams said the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has drawn up a template where all national teams will play international competitions in addition to their domestic schedule.
"The COTIF tournament in Spain falls well into our plans and we are excitedly looking forward to it. In the Sub20 category India will be up against teams from renowned football powerhouses that will be preparing for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019 qualifiers " he said.
"For the development of all national teams across age-groups we have drawn up a template in which playing matches on a regular basis has been given high weight " Yadav also an AIFF Executive Committee member said.
"In an ideal mix in addition to domestic matches we will participate in competitions involving AFC opposition non-AFC opposition matches against higher-age teams in different playing conditions etc."
"We are pushing the envelope. We have done this with the U-17 World Cup team and are doing it with the U-16 boys national team as well. We will soon extend it to the female national teams and a fresh U-15 boys national team " he stated.
The U-20 national team will comprise boys who represented India in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 and boys who represented India in the AFC U-19 Qualifiers in 2017.
--IANS dm/tri/sed
