AIFF Media Team

NEW DELHI: With the India U-16 A Team busy on their exposure Tour in Germany, All India Football Federation has arranged for an International Friendly match for the U-16 B National Team boys who have been practising in Goa.

The squad left India to play a Friendly match at Ufa in Russia which is slated to be played on July 28 at Ufa in Russia.

Speaking exclusively to www.the-aiff.com,  Scott O’Donell, Technical Director, AIFF reflected on the “great opportunity.”
 
“This is going to be a great opportunity for our boys to test themselves against a European team, that too in Russia. This is surely going to be a good test for them given the limited time they will have to acclimatise but we hope the experience will be a memorable one for the boys and the coaches.”

Mr. Ivan Sukharev, Member of the Russian State Duma and Mr. Jeysundhar D, Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Culture Centre from the Embassy of India, Moscow will be present at the stadium to cheer the boys.

The match is scheduled at 7 PM local time (7:30 PM IST) on 28th July 2016. Please follow Indian Football Team Twitter handle for live updates.

The 14-member squad list is as follows:

GOALKEEPERS: Samik Mitra, Aditya Patra

DEFENDERS: Sumit Rathi, Ajin Tom, Rajil Saji, Rahul Kannoly Praveen

MIDFIELDERS: Hrishi Dhath, Nonganba Singh Akoijam, Amay Avinash Morajkar, Manvir Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Anirudh Jain

FORWARDS: Shubham Sarangi, Bishnu Bordoloi

HEAD COACH: Bibiano Fernandes