Here are two completely different ‘Indian star stories’ from the Under-17 Women’s World Cup
In the second half of the India-USA match in the Under-17 Women’s World Cup, both teams were captained by Indians! Team India captain Astam Oraon and Mia Bhutta, of Indian origin, wore the US captain’s armband in the second half. Astam Oraon is the heroine of the team that has realized the dream of playing in the World Cup while Mia leads the team that is determined to return with the cup. Both have different paths in the field and in life.
Protection of life
Road work is going on to Goratoli tribal village in Jharkhand in the name of Astam Oraon. Astam’s father Heeral and his mother Tara Devi are among those who work for Rs 250 a day. Even when the daughter leads India in the World Cup, if the parents stop working for a day, the house goes hungry. Astam falls in love with Hiralal playing football. Invitation to the Government Football Training Camp in Hazaribagh in 2016. After reaching the camp, Astham knows what real football is and eats 3 meals a day. He defended hunger and poverty and also chose a defensive position on the field. In the National Under-17 Championship 2019 held in Kolhapur, Astam finished the defense for Jharkhand. With that, the door to the Indian camp opened. Astham Saf has played for India’s under-15 team and is also a member of the under-18 champions. In 2021, he donned the boots against Tunisia for the senior team. Indian U-17 has been in the camp since April.
Easy Mia
Mia Elizabeth Bhutto’s left foot scored the final goal in the USA’s 8-0 win over India at the Kalinga Stadium. A shot from outside the box went over Golwara in a rainbow.
US women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe shared the goal on social media with the caption ‘What a beautiful goal’. Fans are sure that Mia will join the ranks of big stars like Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Mia Hamm.
Mia’s father Vyom Bhuta, a native of Rajkot, Gujarat, came to the United States at the age of sixteen. Mia was born in December 2005 in Pittsburgh, and Mia’s main pastime was playing soccer with her father and brothers. A midfielder, Miah scored 3 goals in 10 appearances for the national team. Mia, who used to return gifts from her grandfather when he came to India, wants to take the World Cup with her this time.
Indian players boots delay; For the AIFF investigation
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation will conduct an inquiry into the delay in arrival of the boots of four members of the Under-17 Women’s World Cup football team.
There were complaints that the shoes arrived late and they had to compete against the United States without sufficient preparation and this affected the performance. In this situation, AIFF has instructed to conduct an investigation.
General Secretary Shaji Prabhakaran responded by saying that the national team officials have asked for details and appropriate action will be taken after receiving the report.
U17 World Cup: India vs Morocco today
Bhubaneswar: India will face Morocco today to regain their self-respect in the Under-17 Women’s World Cup. The match will be played at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar at 8 pm. The match can be watched live on Sports 18 channel and Woot app. In Group A, India lost 0-8 to USA in the first match. Morocco lost their first match 0-1 to Brazil. There is also a Brazil-USA, New Zealand-Nigeria, Germany-Chi match today.
English summary: U 17 women’s soccer: India US
