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New Delhi: Fresh from their encouraging performance in the U-16 AFC Qualifiers in Tabriz City, Iran, the India U-16 National Team, presently preparing for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup registered a 2-0 victory over Elche U-16 in a practice match at the Torrevieja Stadium on Thursday (September 24).<\/p>\n
The colts are presently on a Tour to Spain where they would be playing practice matches against Spanish Club sides.<\/p>\n
The U-16 boys, who had finished 2nd in Group E and in the process earned a qualification spot to the AFC U-16 Finals next year to be played in India (Goa) on merit (besides being an automatic qualifier by virtue of being a host), surged into the lead in the 34th minute.<\/p>\n
Ninthoi latched upon a long throw by Goalkeeper Dheeraj and seeing the rival Goalkeeper off his line, he chipped it over his outstretched hands from about 35 yards.<\/p>\n
In the first half which was mainly confined to the midfield, India had another chance towards the fag end. But even after Ninthoi released Aman in the clear, the latter fumbled a bit in the box allowing the rivals to recover.<\/p>\n
However, Aman doubled the score in the second half and the colts held onto it till the final whistle.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Boris had to be taken to a nearby Hospital as he needed stitches after a collision with a rival Player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: Fresh from their encouraging performance in the U-16 AFC Qualifiers in Tabriz City, Iran, the India U-16 National Team, presently preparing for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup registered a 2-0 victory over Elche U-16 in a practice match at the Torrevieja Stadium on Thursday (September 24).<\/p>\n
The colts are presently on a Tour to Spain where they would be playing practice matches against Spanish Club sides.<\/p>\n
The U-16 boys, who had finished 2nd in Group E and in the process earned a qualification spot to the AFC U-16 Finals next year to be played in India (Goa) on merit (besides being an automatic qualifier by virtue of being a host), surged into the lead in the 34th minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"\n