COTIF 2018 Cup: India U-20 will face Argentina, U-20 teams from Venezuela

The Indian National Under-20 Team years will ship for Spain as part of the Alcúdia International Under-20 Football Tournament or COTIF Cup

Argentina, Venezuela and Mauritania will send their U-20 national teams while the local U-20 Murcia will also be one of the contestants of the Sub U-20 Mini Mundial

On July 29, 2018, in Alcúdia, Valencia, the players who will participate in the UTIF Cup U-20 team of India will consist of a mix of boys who will represent the country in the competition. FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-19 playoffs in 2017.

As such, this U-20 Indian team will comprise mostly members of the U-17 39, Indian team Arrows other than FC Pune City Ashish Rai and Sahil Panwar

Director of National Teams and AIFF (All India Football Federation) Committee member, Abhishek Yadav, explained the arrangement of this trip abroad with domestic schedules.

"The COTIF Tournament in Spain fits in well with our plans and we are looking forward to seeing it.In the under-20 category, India will face top footballers who will be preparing for the FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifiers 2019. "

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"For the development of all national teams in all age groups, we have established a model in which the games played on a regular basis have been given a heavy weight, "continued Yadav

" in an ideal mix, In addition to the national competitions, we will participate in competitions involving the opposition of the AFC (Asian Football Confederation), the non-AFC opposition, matches against older teams, in different playing conditions, and so on. "

Keeping the well-being in mind The national women's teams added:" We are pushing the limits. We did it with the U-17 World Cup team and we also do it with the Men's Under-16 National Team. We will soon be extending it to women's national teams and a new men's national team under 15 years old. "

The U-20 India matches at the COTIF Cup will start with a clash against Murcia U-20 on July 29, against Mauritania, Venezuela and Argentina, U-20 teams. July 31, August 3 and August 5.