Experience in Spanish football will help us a lot in the future, claims Ishan Murali

The future of Indian football looks bright for sure after three budding local teenagers were chosen as a part of the LaLiga Football schools programme. Ishan Murali and Vidwath Shetty were a part of the trio who were given a complete scholarship and now, they have opened up about their experience in the European continent.

Vidwath, who was born in Germany, has been the school football team captain since his Under-12 days and is currently the captain of the U-14 team.

"In Spain, the players play fast football and aggressive. It is intense and you have to be on your toes all the time. During training we did possession drills and that helped me a lot. My friends are really excited and happy," the 13-year old told IANS.

Meanwhile, 12-year-old Ishan who got into football while living in California spoke about the quality of training being delivered in countries like Spain.

"In Spain, the training was very hard and everyone was performing at a very high level. They were keeping possession of the ball well and were running very fast. I had to be at my A game and had to be consistent," Ishan said.

"The experience will help me a lot. Controlling the ball and keeping possession of the ball and moving very fast I learnt all of that. It will help me become a better footballer," Ishan added.

The scholarship assessed a total of 10,000 kids from six cities, after which only three made the cut. The selected students visited Spain from May 26 to June 5 to train with first division club - CD Leganes.