India national football team coach Igor Stimac has heaped praise on young midfield Amarjit Singh who alongside Raynier Fernandes, completely turned the tables for India in the second half against Curacao. The midfielder revealed that he opted to stay with Indian Arrows despite offers from clubs.

Bibiano Fernandes sounded optimistic after India were knocked out of the U-16 Championship and mentioned that India is capable of beating better ranked teams in the world. India needed to win in the quarterfinals of the U-16 Championships to make it to the FIFA under-17 World Cup to be held in Peru.

The Indian government had provided 27,000 free tickets to school students to watch Indian players perform on the first day of Under 17 World Cup at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. But India failed to cross the hurdle of the United States as they lost their opening encounter by 3-0.

Despite putting up a valiant performance, India went down 3-0 to the United States their first group match at the Under-17 FIFA World Cup in New Delhi. For the visitors, Josh Sargent, Chris Durkin, and Andrew Carleton scored a goal apiece to give their team a perfect start to the campaign.