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MARGAO: Former India Captain and local hero Bruno Coutinho was spotted in the stands on the opening day to cheer for India’s young guns in the ongoing AFC U-16 Championship India 2016. Come Wednesday (September 21), it won’t be any different.<\/p>\nMARGAO: Former India Captain and local hero Bruno Coutinho was spotted in the stands on the opening day to cheer for India’s young guns in the ongoing AFC U-16 Championship India 2016. Come Wednesday (September 21), it won’t be any different.<\/p>\n
“We need to be there to back them. Undoubtedly, it’s going to be an exciting match and a full house will give the boys added motivation,” Coutinho, an Arjuna Awardee stated.<\/p>\n
The burly striker who during his playing days was a menace for rival defenders witnessed the boys’ exploits against the UAE on the opening day.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, it was heart-rending to see our boys going down 2-3 after leading 2-1 at the interval. But it’s Football and everything is unpredictable,” Coutinho told www.the-aiff.com at one go.<\/p>\n
He continued: “See, Iran’s Azadi Stadium is renowned for the tremendous support to their Team when the National Team plays there. We have to show them tomorrow what we are capable of.”<\/p>\n
A 4000-odd crowd thronged the Stadium on the other day when India snatched a point against Saudi Arabia, thanks to the dramatic last-minute penalty scored by Suresh Singh.<\/p>\n
The prolific striker, who led Indian National Team on several occasions praised the ‘walk-in and enjoy the match for free’ initiative wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n
“It’s going to lure more and more Football-loving crowd to the Stadium to enjoy the match. It was really necessary to make the Goan people know what’s happening in their city right now,” he maintained.<\/p>\n
“Every day starts afresh. No Team is unbeatable. If the boys play to their potential they can have the last laugh,” he stated.<\/p>\n
The kick-off against Iran at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao on September 21 (Wednesday) is at 7pm.
By Shoubhik Mukhopadhyay,
AIFF Media Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MARGAO: Former India Captain and local hero Bruno Coutinho was spotted in the stands on the opening day to cheer for India’s young guns in the ongoing AFC U-16 Championship India 2016. Come Wednesday (September 21), it won’t be any different.<\/p>\n
“We need to be there to back them. Undoubtedly, it’s going to be an exciting match and a full house will give the boys added motivation,” Coutinho, an Arjuna Awardee stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[17855,18010,18009,12975,466],"class_list":["post-28884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-afc-u-16-championship-india-2016","tag-arjuna-awardee","tag-bruno-coutinho","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"\n