Indian U-19 Football Team To Attend Friendly Fixtures Of AIFF's Exposure Tour

The Indian U-19 Football Team will be travelling to Serbia so as to attend friendly fixtures as part of their AIFF's exposure tour. They will play two International friendlies against the Serbian U19 side. The matched will be played on 13th of September and 17th of September. The Indian U19 is now preparing for a new challenge after they played in the four-nation tournament in Croatia. During this tournament, they played against three countries namely Croatia, France and Slovenia. All India Football Federation or AIFF has organized the matches as part of exposure tour, in coordination with SAI. The tour was designed so as to give top notch preparation to the U19 players for the coming Hero I-league season and U19 AFC championship qualification in 2019.

National Team Director Abhishek Yadav believes that when the team will play against top 50 youth national teams, it will definitely have a significant impact. Serbia is the fifth among the top 50 teams, according to the FIFA rankings, that team India would be playing within one and a half months. In a 50-day period, they will compete in 6 matches with regular World Cup winners from two continents - Europe and South America, Yadav added.

The players will definitely learn from these tough tests. They will also be able to provide them with an extra edge for the upcoming tournaments. These programmes will definitely help in shaping up a better future for Indian football.

By: Neha Maheshwari

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