DY Patil Stadium in great shape: Mali official

Mumbai, July 9: Ahead of Mali's FIFA U-17 World Cup group stage matches at the DY Patil Stadium here from October 6, the country's youth football head Sekou Sylla has heaped praise on the facility on Sunday. The stadium, which has a capacity of holding 45,300 spectators, will host six group stage matches alongwith one game each of the round of 16 and semi-fil stages. "The stadium is in a great shape even though the tourment start is October. In two months will be better, the grass in the ground is amazing with the dressing room of intertiol standards," Sylla said in a statement.

The Mali U-17 team are drawn to play their group stage matches against Paraguay and Turkey here on Octorber 6 and 9 respectively. IANS