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INDIA COLTS HOLD MANU….
Playing its second friendly game of their Nine Day tour ,Airtel sponsored India Under 16 Team showed lot of grit and determination to hold Manchester United Youth team to a 3-3 draw in the match played on Tuesday night near Manchester .For India Malswamfela again produced consistent performance to open the score to give India an early 1-0 lead in the 5th min ,which was later equalized by Manchester United.Malswamfela completed a brace as he made it 2-2 in the 53rd minute in the second half.A Penalty for Manchester United made it 3-2 for the home side. However,Indians playing a tough opponents & ground conditions due to overnight rains were able to hold Manchester United 3-3 with the third equalizer coming about 20 mins before the regulation time from Lalrindika after a milee in front of Manchester United goalmouth. Earlier in its first game India U 16 had lost by a narrow 1-2 margin to Everton Youth team on 4th Sep.
Speaking to AIFF.Com ,Coach Narayana Menon expressed satisfaction at the performance of the team and said that playing in European conditions against tough opponents has helped the team gain a lot of useful experience in preparation of the team for the AFC Under 16 Championship 2008, be held in Uzbekistan in Oct .He added that if Shilton Paul and Lalrindika had not missed the opportunies ,the result would have been completely in Indias favour.
