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India is not exactly known for its prowess in football. So how did a renowned club like Dynamo Kyiv happen to participate in the Subroto Cup?

“The Indian embassy and your air attaché in Ukraine  invited us. This is Dynamo Kyiv’s first visit to India and I hope that it will popularise football in your country.

We have a strong team and we hope that Indian football fans will love the way we play. Our boys are all between 15 to 16 years of age. When we left Ukraine, we were under the impression that we will have to play in the U-16 age group. But now we will be playing at the U-17 level. So we have called over four boys who are representing the Ukrainian sub-junior national team at the U-15 European Cup in Germany. They are very good players and will strengthen our team, ” says Dynamo Kyiv’s representative.

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