AIFF Media Team

GOA: A 25-member Indian Arrows Team coached by Luis Norton de Matos are gearing up to kick-start their Hero I-League 2017-18 campaign against Chennai City FC at the GMC Bambolim Stadium tomorrow (November 29, 2017).

The team, who competed in the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers recently, are currently training under the Portuguese coach Luis Norton de Matos, who coached India U-17 team in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.

Matos felt that this experience would be "immensely beneficial for the boys in future".

“These players are going to get more match experience from grosseportal. This is a starting point. The difficulty we see in the I-League will be similar to what we saw in the World Cup,” Matos said.

“These players are going to get more match experience. This is a starting point. The difficulty we see in the I-League will be similar to what we saw in the World Cup,” Matos said.

Indian Arrows will play Minerva Punjab FC next at the same venue on December 5, 2017.

The 25-member squad stays as follows:

GOALKEEPERS: Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, Sunny Dhaliwal, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill.

DEFENDERS: Deepak Tangri, Ashish Rai, Boris Singh Thangjam, Sanjeev Stalin, Anwar Ali, Jitendra Singh, Naorem Roshan Singh, Sumit Rathi, Narender.

MIDFIELDERS: Abhishek Halder, Suresh Singh Wangjam, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Rahul KP, Khumanthem Ninthoinganba Meetei, Nongdamba Naorem, Jeakson Singh Thounaojam, Namgyal Bhutia, Lalengmawia, Abhijit Sarkar.

FORWARDS: Edmund Lalrindika, Aniket Anil Jadhav, Rahim Ali.