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The news comes after AIFF tweeted that India U-17 had beaten Italy U-17

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India U-17 after defeating Lega Pro, Italy 2-0
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May 19, became a red-letter day in Indian Football, when India U-17 emerged victorious in Arizzo, Italy against a supposed U-17 Italian National side.

The Indian senior team football Twitter handle confirmed that the victory was against the Italian U-17 side.

AIFF in their official website also published that the win was against the Italian U-17 national side.  

There was euphoria among the Indian football fans sending social media into frenzy with current national team players as well as ministers congratulating the Indian colts on their win. 

But today  Lega Pro, on their official website through a press release, clarified that the team India U-17 faced was not the Italian national side but Italy Lega Pro U-17 Representative, comprised of players playing in the Lega Pro and Lega Pro 2, the third and fourth tiers of Italian football. 

Official websites of Parma and Albinoleffe also put out the same information that India faced a representative side and not the much feared Italian side.  Significantly, there was no mention of the match on the match on the official website of  the Italian Football Federation, but only on the Lega Pro website. 


Here is the full squad list of the team that faced India, along with the clubs they represent:

Federico Brancolini – Modena, Edoardo Corvi – Parma, Francesco Micheli – Albinoleffe, Simone Della Morte – Lucchese, Davide Missaglia – Cremonese, Marco Ruggero – Padova, Antonio Vitale – Modena, Nicolo Maffini – Carrarese, Alessio Gianneschi - Robur Siena, Antonio Marrone - Juve Stabia, Matteo Bertollo - Bassano Virtus, Michael Fibiano - Juve Stabia, Alberto Maroni – Mantova, Alessandro Ramello – Alessandria, Alessandro Galeandro – Albinoleffe, Davide Rosso – Padova, Davide Rodolfi – Albinoleffe, Alessandro Davitti – Modena.

Moreover, this team was managed by Daniele Arrigoni whereas, the head coach of the Italy U-17 team is Emiliano Bigica.

Now, take a look at the Italian squad from the UEFA U-17 Euros, which comprises of players from top tier clubs like AC Milan, Juventus, Genoa, Fiorentina to name a few.

Simone Ghidotti – Fiorentina, Marco Carnesecchi – Cesena, Raoul Bellanova – AC Milan, Antonio Candela – Spezia, Matteo Anzolin – Vicenza, Davide Bettella - Inter Milan, Alex Campeol - AC Milan, Gabriele Bellodi – AC Milan, Andrea Rizzo Pinna – Atalanta, Elia Visconti – Inter Milan, Fabrizio Caligara – Juventus, Roberto Biancu – Cagliari, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia – Juventus, Emanuel Vignato – Chievo, Manolo Portanova – Lazio, Moise Kean – Juventus, Davide Merola – Inter Milan, Pietro Pellegri – Genoa.

It remains to be seen if AIFF owns up to this deliberate blunder or turns a cold shoulder to it.

 

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