Can't see us beating India who looked a decent side vs. Kenya.
The crowd will still be fired up after their favourite Sunil Chhetri scored twice in his 100th game for India vs. Kenya, following his hat-trick vs. Taiwan.
Chhetri now has 61 goals in 100 internationals and once was on the books of Sporting Lisbon, although he only spent one season in the reserves.
His chipping of the Kenya keeper was a nice goal.
Fellow striker Je je's goal was even better.
A link between our national league and India with Canterbury United striker striker Futa Nakamura revealing this week he has signed for a club in Kolkata, India.
Not the top league there, just the regional league in Kolkata/West Bengal.
Still, he'll play againt two of India's biggest clubs, Mohan Bagan and East Bengal who sometimes attract the biggest crowds in world football (up to 120,000 at the local kolkata derby beween them).
West Bengal (of which Kolkata is the major city) is one of the hotbeds of football in India - it's much more popular there than Mumbai where the All Whites are playing.
This tournament is being played in Mumbai because football needs promoting there and someone put the money up.
Crowds at he u-17 World Cup last year were 46,000 to 66,000 in Kolkata (66,700 at the final there).
In contrast no games were played in Mumbai itself, only in nearby Navi Mumbai ("New Mumbai", a seperate city) which is where the NZ u-17 team played.
Crowds there were only 9000 to 25,000
I chatted to Futa after the Cashmere Tech Chatham Cup win vs. Ferrymead on Monday.
He's returning to Japan in July and then heading to India.