AGENCIES, COIMBATORE: The 2018-19 season of the I-League gets underway on Friday, with homeside Chennai City FC coming up against the All India Football Federation (AIFF)’s development side Indian Arrows in the first game at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore, at 5 p.m.
The Indian Arrows and Chennai City FC have faced each other twice thus far in a brief history last season and the young Arrows side have remain undefeated so far. Shepherd by Flyod Pinto these days, the Amarjeet Singh Kiyam led side would certainly be looking for similar positive results against their hosts on Friday.
Chennai City FC made their I-League debut in the tenth edition of the Hero I-League. Their performance in the debut season was not much to write home about and in the last edition they failed to secure a place among the top four. However with a new coach in Singaporean Akbar Nawas at the helm this season and with some strong foreign signings, they will certainly look for a top table finish.
On the other hand, the team of youth, Indian Arrows, made their first appearance in the I-League last season. Indian Arrows are made up of the stars who featured at the FIFA U-17 World Cup hosted by India last year. Players like Amarjeet, Abhijit Sarkar and the goalkeeper Prabhsukan Gill would be looking to impress National Coach Stephen Constantine’s scouts as the National side builds up to the AFC Asian Cup campaign.
