India Under 13 Boys continued their good run in the AFC Under 13 Boys Festival of football in Iran on Thursday and went on to defeat Pakistan 5-0.Aryaman Sethi scored a hat trick for the Indian team.
Earlier Indian Boys beat Afghanistan 1-0 and Maldives 2-1. The team put up a spirited display against hosts IR Iran and held them to a 1-1 draw. Aryaman Sethi scored a total of five goals including a hat trick against Pakistan.
The team has earned six green cards so far. Indian Under 13 Boys team is currently in Iran to participate in AFC Under 13 Boys Festival of Football, South Asian Region being held from 17th to 24th May in IR Iran. Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal and hosts IR Iran are the other participating countries in this AFC Festival.
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Thursday 21 May 2009, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.