{"id":428069,"date":"2017-10-12T19:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/u17-world-cup-india-coach-praises-world-class-ghana\/"},"modified":"2017-10-12T19:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:30:29","slug":"u17-world-cup-india-coach-praises-world-class-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/u17-world-cup-india-coach-praises-world-class-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"U17 World Cup: India coach praises &#8216;world class&#8217; Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 12 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/74327632.295.jpg\" alt=\"Luis Norton\" title=\"Luis Norton\" width=\"295\" height=\"163\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>India Under-17 coach Luis Norton<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507836629_589_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">India Under-17 coach Luis Norton admits his side were not good enough after their 4-0 drubbing by world-class Ghana to end their hopes in the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaians showed impressive physicality and mental toughness to drill four past their opponents at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>The game was prove of how India need to train a lot more to reach the level of posing a strong competition against world-class teas like Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts started strongly, created decent chances. Even though they could not convert any, the Indian lads maintained a strong defence that was only broken with few minutes of the first half remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Second half was a different story altogether. Ghana captain Eric Ayiah completed his brace, before getting substituted by Richard Danso, who scored the third goal for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The embarrassing defeat became even more humiliating when almost immediately, Emmanuel Toku scored the fourth goal to end India\u2019s run at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>And Portuguese coach Luis Norton admits his side were second best against the African giants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am very proud of my team. To play against a world-class team like Ghana was always going to be difficult,&#8221; he said<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ghana is stronger than us and the task looked impossible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are physical side. Ghana in all aspect is stronger than us. We played three games in nine days and the situationwas difficult for my players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We made three silly mistakes and we paid dearly for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The defeat ends the hopes of the Asians while the Black Starlets finished as group winners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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