Kannur ∙ Watch out for Dithiye Deschamps, he was on the team as a player when France won the World Cup in 1998. And as a manager when they were last champions. This time he arrived in Qatar for the third title of his career. Confidence is not lacking because he has brought his team to fourth place in the world rankings. The players and officials of the Sporting Buds technical center in Kannur claim that we are in the French army.
Hugo Lloris under the crossbar, Ferland Mendy, Theo Hermans, Jonathan Klose in defense, Adrien Rabiot, Auriline Thomany in midfield, Karim Benzema, Antonio Griezmann and Kylian Mbepa, who won the Ballon d’Or in the attacking line, swear that fans of France will not mind giving the cup to another country when they arrive with this army.
France will have little difficulty in qualifying for the next round of Group D, which includes Denmark, Australia and Tunisia. But I know Denmark should be treated. Opponents would do well to remember that France, also known as Le Blues, arrive in Qatar after winning the 2021 UEFA Nations League Cup.
∙ A training camp started in 2001 by former KSRTC players V. Raghuthaman and C. Chandran later became the technical center of Sporting Buds. C. Raghunath was the president. In 2005 he became a member of the district football association. In 2006, another team named Sporting Buds Junior joined the association.
Currently Shyamkumar, a lawyer, is the president, V. Raghuthaman is the secretary, and Ashwin Janardhanan is the treasurer. K. Balakrishnan is the president of the youth team. The Governing Body is made up of EK Jijin, C. Nikkin, PP Harish Kumar, Shailesh Chandra, and Shinesh Chandra. Kerala Santosh Trophy captain V.Mithun, former Kannur University captain MN Srikanth and others trained here.
