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FIFA legends play exhibition game, U-17 World Cup Trophy unveiled
Navi Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) With just one month to go for FIFA Under-17 World Cup, five FIFA Legends — Carlos Valderrama, Fernando Morientes, Marcel Desailly, Jorge Campos and Emmanuel Amuneke — took part in an exhibition game at the DY Patil Stadium and unveiled the Winner’s Trophy for the Navi Mumbai leg of the Trophy tour.
Also present were Arjuna awardee Oinam Bembem Devi; Indian women’s team captain Ngangom Bala Devi; two kids from Mission XI Million, the legacy programme for U-17 World Cup; Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise Babul Supriyo and Bollywood filmmaker Shoojit Sircar.
The match ended 5-4 in favour of the FIFA Legends.
Fernando Morientes scored four goals while Bala Devi was the standout performer for the Indian icons, netting a brace and assisting in another.
Emmanuel Amuneke, winner of the FIFA U-17 World Cup with Nigeria as coach, said: “I think dealing with U-17 players, the most important thing is to try to make sure they see you as someone who can add to their game.”
“Try as much to guide them and not forget that there are a lot of distractions going on in their mind. But the most important thing is to bring them to a level where they can compete with teams all over the world”.
Morientes added: “Infrastructure and coaching can help create an ecosystem that can be conducive to the transition between youth teams and senior teams. That’s what Spain and France have been doing all these years. The infrastructure to start from the school level, right to the top”.
Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium will host five group B matches and one group A game besides one round-of-16 tie and a semi-final.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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