After U-17 Defeats, Indian Football Team Has Qualified For The AFC Asian Cup
A dominant India defeated Macau 4-1 at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday to qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, to be played in UAE. It was India’s fourth consecutive win in the qualifiers in as many game and they are on top of Group A.
Amidst the successful hosting of the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017, where the Indian U-17 team have won hearts of 1.3 billion people with their stupendous performances, the senior team showed class to book their tickets for the continental tournament for the fourth time with two more matches left in the qualifiers.
Sunil Chetri-led India scripted their second qualification to the AFC Asian Cup in last 8 years.
No player really warrants comparison with the greatest of all time but the Juventus
ace has the quality and work ethic to spearhead the post-Messi era.
Shortly after joining Juventus in the summer of 2015, Paulo Dybala returned to
Palermo because he missed his friends from Sicily.
Dybala opened the scoring with a sweeping finish from 25 yards out that made it
50 goals in just 100 appearances in all competitions for Juventus.
However, when Dybala stepped up to take a free-kick just after the hour mark,
after Sassuolo had halved their deficit, nobody had any doubt about the outcome,
with the 23-year- old curling the ball over the wall and into the net.
This, after all, is a player who has wagered with team-mate and dead-ball specialist
Miralem Pjanic that he will score more set-piece goals than the Bosnian this
season.
Messi vs Dybala Stats
Just days after being overshadowed by Lionel Messi during his compatriot's Camp
Nou masterclass in Barcelona's 3-0 Champions League win over Juventus, Dybala
was again being compared with his fellow No.10.
It has ever been thus for Dybala, who has always done his utmost to distance
himself from such talk: "Messi has his story; I have mine. We're two different
players."
"Messi was already doing certain things at 18 at Barcelona that made one realise
that he would become a phenomenon," the former Juve boss told Gazzetta dello
Sport.
Juventus’ forward from Argentina Paulo Dybala (C) vies with Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi during the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg football match Juventus vs Barcelona, on April 11, 2017 at the Juventus stadium in Turin. / AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACE (Photo credit should read GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images)
Antonio Cassano goes even further: "For me, Messi is the greatest footballer in
history and you cannot compare him to anybody, although maybe a little to
Cristiano Ronaldo. Dybala is a great player but he's not comparable to Messi."
"Cristiano Ronaldo has scored hundreds of goals, which is because he’s right-
footed but also strong with his left. With one foot you’re easier to mark and it’s
easier for opponents to read you.
"In Italy, the defenders don’t mess
Mi has finally launched their next flagship killer Mi MIX 2. The biggest highlight of the device is its 5.99-inch bezel-less display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The predecessor to previous Mi 6 is out in its official site. Mi has brought for its Indian fans the ‘regular’ ceramic + aluminium variant of the smartphone Mi MIX 2 Special Edition featuring all-ceramic body.
Experience the true immersive full display design with Mi MIX 2. The chin size is 12% smaller than its predecessor Mi MIX and the display comes with a 18:9 aspect ratio. It is dressed to impress with its four-sided curved
ceramic back plate and 18-karat gold-plated decorative camera rim, yet is highly durable with its aerospace-grade aluminum alloy frame. It is also extremely thin and light, delivers a spectacular hand feel.
The dual-SIM (Nano-SIM) smartphone sports a 12-megapixel Sony IMX 386 rear camera sensor with 1.25-micron pixels, 4-axis optical image stabilization, 5-piece lens, an f/2.0 aperture, as well as a facial recognition feature. On the front, it bears a 5-megapixel front camera, also with the facial recognition function that can be used to unlock the smartphone.
Mi MIX 2 is supercharged on a Snapdragon 835 processor and uses the latest UFS2.1 storage technology. The phone will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC that’s coupled with 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM. It comes with 6gb RAM and 128gb storage with hybrid slim slot i.e. no expandable storage.
Mi MIX 2 supports most global LTE bands, especially ideal for your business travels. The high power receiver unit comes with a tuned sound guiding channel. So you can take clear, crisp calls – even under noisy environments. As it has Dual ADC HD recording, you can get a clear recording even at a distance. It has Multi-function NFC which supports read/write, card emulation, and P2P.
The smartphone runs on a 3400mAh battery, measures 151.8×75.5×7.7mm, and weighs 185 grams. It has all the required sensors like accelerometer, ambient light sensor, barometer, digital compass, gyroscope, and ultrasonic proximity sensor. The company says the display has a pixel density of 403ppi, and is complete with DCI-P3 colour gamut support.
The phone will be available in mi.com. The introductory price will be at 36k and at that price, it competes with the OnePlus 5. The smartphone will be available via Flipkart and Mi.com in a preview sale on October 17. The smartphone’s general availability will begin in the first week of November, and it will then go on sale via Mi Home and other offline retailer partners in addition. There are no Mi MIX 2 launch offers as such, beyond a zero percent EMI offer, which will be available via all retail channels, the Xiaomi’s Manu Jain said at the launch event.
It will be available in a special black box edition.
