DY Patil Stadium impresses FIFA

A day after Kochi got a rap for its preparedness, the FIFA delegation expressed satisfaction at the work put in by the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai in hosting the U-17 World Cup after an inspection on Saturday. 

“This is by far the best stadium in the country at this point of time,” Javier Ceppi, tournament director of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, said here on Saturday. 

“We need to make sure that every single other stadium is as good as this one. This is the standard. This is the standard the other stadiums have to get. And we will not accept anything less than this standard. Even then having this standard, they are willing to go overboard,” he added.