AIFF Media Team
All India Football Federation’s Elite Academy comprising of the U-19 National Team have convincingly won all their Practice matches in Goa over the last couple of months. The squad got together again in Goa on April 5.
The U-19 National Team is presently preparing for the AFC U-19 Qualifiers to be held in Qatar later this year where India have been drawn with Uzbekistan, Qatar, Turkmenistan and Nepal in Group A. The nucleus of the Elite Academy had helped India to the Final Phase of the AFC U-16 Qualifiers in Tehran, 2012.
The Elite Academy boys who have been practicing under the watchful eyes of Colm Joseph Toal, Head Coach, Youth Development, reigned supreme against Teams comprising of current I-League and Goa Super League Players. The Academy boys, who created a number of chances in the practice matches they played, displayed good quality team work on the field. They have maintained a clean slate in all the practice matches so far.
Head Coach Colm Toal told www.the-aiff.com: “We still have a lot of work to do and are looking forward to the I-League clubs returning to training.”
Details of matches played and results stay as follows:
April 20, 2013:
AIFF Elite Academy 6 (Daniel Lalhlimpuia – brace; Shaiborlang Karpan – brace; Naro Hari, Sumit Ghosh)
beat
Chowgule Tigers SC 0
April 27, 2013:
AIFF Elite Academy 6 (Naro Hari – brace;
beat
Don Bosco Oratory, Fatorda 0
May 4, 2013:
AIFF Elite Academy 6 (Daniel Lalhlimpuia – brace; Shaiborlang Karpan – brace; SK Faiaz, Alen Deory)
beat
Salcete FC (Goa First Division League Team) 0
May 14, 2013:
AIFF Elite Academy 8 (Naro Hari – brace; Sumi Ghosh – brace; SK Faiaz, Shaiborland Karpan, Souvik Das, Udanta Singh, Joseph Lalfakzuala)
beat
Young Boys of Tonca 0
May 18, 2013:
AIFF Elite Academy 6 (Daniel Lalhlimpuia – brace; Shaiborlang Karpan, Souvik Das, Udanta Singh, Joseph Lalfakzuala)
beat
Wilred Leisure (Professional League Team) 0
May 25, 2013:
AIFF Elite Academy 3 (Udatna Singh, Daniel Lalhlimpuia, Sumit Ghosh)
beat
Sporting Clube de Goa (U-20) 0
June 1, 2013:
AIFF Elite Academy 7 (Naro Hari – hat-trick; Dainel Lalhlimpuia – brace; Sumit Ghosh, SK Faiaz)
beat
Parish Youth Nuvem 0