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Congratulatory messages are pouring in from every nook and cranny of the country for the Indian U-17 team who wrote a brand new chapter in the Indian Football History by overpowering the Italy U17 National Team yesterday. Be it the flamboyant cricketer Virender Sehwag or an ardent football fan Abhishek Bachchan- nobody let the opportunity to praise the youngsters through their social media channels slip.
Shri Vijay Goel, Minister of States, Youth Affairs & Sports always expresses himself through the social media and yesterday was no exception either.
“Great day! #India U-17 #football team defeats #Italy 2-0! Well done boys, proud of you all!”
Aditya Thackeray comes out loud in support of Indian Football and time and again AIFF have expressed their gratitude towards this youthful vibrant leader.
The Mumbai-based leader urged everyone to watch the match before the kick-off and the avid football fan was following the action as it unfolded.
After Matos’ boys secured the victory, he could not hold his emotion back and congratulated the boys wholeheartedly.
“Huge boost for India! @IndianFootball team of U17 lads won against Italy’s Football Team of U17 2-0! Congratulations #IndianFootball”
He added more: “This win is a big win for India and a boost before the U17 World Cup in India! @IndianFootball”
The Delhi-born maverick batsman Virender Sehwag who guided India to the final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 and won the same 8 years later, is an active twitterati person.
Virender Sehwag, in his signature tone, took up the opportunity to praise the boys as well.
“Yaay! We have beaten Italy.
Congratulations to the under 17 @IndianFootball on the spectacular victory. Italyki idli ban gayi !”
Incidentally, a giant-size football was unveiled at the Connaught Place in New Delhi at the wake of the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 by Shri Vijay Goel, Minister of States, Youth Affairs & Sports; Shri Biren Singh, Chief Minister, Manipur; Vijender Singh, Pro-pugilist and 2008 Beijing Olympics Bronze medalist; Md. Kaif, ex-International Cricketer.
The ace fielder and Middle-order batsman termed this win as a “great occasion” and “historic.”
“What a great occasion this! Congratulations to the boys. Indeed historic.”
Even the Mumbai Film Industry didn’t mince their words eulogising the colts who pulled off the heroics last night.
Abhishek Bachchan, an ardent football fan, symbolised this victory as “a sign of things to come.”
“Many congratulations to our Indian U-17 boys football team who beat Italy 2:0 today. Hope this is a sign of things to come. #BleedBlue”
Stephen Constantine praised the entire team for the wonderful victory against the Azzurri.
“Great result lads well done to the entire team”, was what he tweeted yesterday following the 2-0 victory.
‘AIFF Player of the Year 2016’ Jeje Lalpekhlua who is going to hit the pitch tomorrow for Mohun Bagan in their quest for the second consecutive Hero Federation Cup, congratulated the boys for their astounding feat.
The lanky defender Sandesh Jhingan and Gurpreeet Singh Sandhu also heaped their praises for the colts.
“Congratulations to our u-17 @IndianFootball for this inspirational win,keep working hard and more results like this will come.My best wishes”, was what Sandesh’s twitter handle read yesterday.
Sunil Chhetri, who has already embossed his name as the highest scorer on the national colours for India, tweeted: “Big result last last night for our @IndianFootball U17s against Italy. Keep working hard and miracles will happen boys!”
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who has an all-win record as the National Team skipper until now, put a cosy picture of himself along wwith the U-17 squad on his official twitter handle and wrote: “Good win for the @IndianFootball U-17 team against #Italy U-17, im not surprised by it because i know these boys have the fight in them”
The Asian Football Confederation lavished their praises for the Indian colts which would surely motivate them to scale a newer height in the near future.
“A great result – well played India!”
by AIFF Media
