Asked how passionate Jeakson was about football, she said, "When his father told Jeaskon to study, he will do that for 10-15 minutes and will then disappear. Once his father is out of home, Jeakson used to close his books and run out to play football. Even in rains, he and Amarjit will play football by covering their heads with plastic sheets." She said her family's poor financial condition is such that she is having problems to bear the incidental expenses during their stint.

"We cannot ask the AIFF to bear the cost of everything, we cannot ask them to pay for small personal spendings. But for us, it's a financial issue for even incidental expenses here. We have to restrict ourselves in personal spending.

"We are poor and we have come here to watch our son play but it is a burden on us. We have suffered a lot of difficulties but Jeakson is playing at the World Cup level, so momentarily we are forgetting those hardships." Jeakson and Amarjit are cousins and had both left for Chandigarh in 2010 as nine year olds and were admitted to the Chandigarh Football Academy. Later, Amarjit was selected for India U-17 camp in the AIFF Academy in Goa in 2015. Jeakson joined the camp in March this year only.

"When Amarjit was selected, Jeakson initially told us he was also selected. But since he was very tall (then coach) Nicolai Adam thought Jeakson could be over-aged and was left out. When he came home that year he said he thought of dying by jumping out of the aeroplane."

Bilashini said she and her husband wants Jeakson to become a famous footballer.

"Football is his future. We want him to play in big clubs and be a successful player. We want him to continue his passion. Not only money he should be successful."