FIFA Legends to join Trophy Experience in India

After hosting Carles Puyol, Esteban Cambiasso and Nwankwo Kanu as partial of a lead-up to a FIFA U-17 World Cup, India will see FIFA Legends Carlos Valderrama, Fernando Morientes, Marcel Desailly, Jorge Campos and Emmanuel Amuneke join a Trophy Experience on 6 Sep to symbol “30 days to go” until a start of a initial FIFA contest in a country.

The Legends will take partial in a Mumbai leg of a Trophy Experience and will play in an muster compare during a DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai to applaud what is staid to be a biggest football contest in India’s history.

An iconic star of Colombian and South American football, Carlos Valderrama, “El Pibe”, played in 3 editions of a FIFA World Cup™ in a flashy career travelling some-more than dual decades.

Fernando Morientes featured in dual editions of a FIFA World Cup for Spain and is fondly remembered for his 3 UEFA Champions League trophies with Real Madrid.

Marcel Desailly was partial of a French side that won a 1998 FIFA World Cup and went on to captain Les Bleus to dual FIFA Confederations Cup titles in 2001 and 2003, winning countless other trophies along a way.

Striker-turned-goalkeeper Jorge Campos revolutionised a art of goalkeeping and was Mexico’s undisputed first-choice protector in unbroken editions of a FIFA World Cup – USA 1994 and France 1998.

A former Nigeria general who played during a 1994 FIFA World Cup and won Olympic bullion in 1996, Emmanuel Amuneke has embarked on a successful coaching career that saw him lead the Golden Eaglets to excellence during a FIFA U-17 World Cup 2015 in Chile.

“The FIFA U-17 World Cup in India will be a miracle in a story of football. we demeanour brazen to fasten a Trophy Experience, that will move a fad of this landmark eventuality even closer to Indian fans. There are good expectations in Colombia forward of a initial appearance of a group given Nigeria 2009,” pronounced FIFA Legend Carlos Valderrama.

Expressing his pleasure during a awaiting of hosting 5 FIFA Legends during a Trophy Experience, LOC Chairman and AIFF President Praful Patel said: “Starting today, we’re only a month divided from a biggest football contest a nation has witnessed. Immense bid has left into a preparation, both on and off a pitch, and we’re unequivocally tighten to saying it all bear fruit. Today, as partial of a ongoing Official Trophy Experience, we symbol a final miracle in a run-up to a FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017. In a month’s time, we wish to see spectators spin out in vast numbers and play their partial in putting India on a tellurian footballing map.”

The Trophy Experience will see a Official Winner’s Trophy of a FIFA U-17 World Cup revisit all 6 horde cities of a tournament, giving millions of Indians a possibility to be partial of a football festival and to see a same prize that will be carried during a Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on 28 October.

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