India the host nation is eliminated from the FIFA tournament. As the youth player is still confident and highly motivated as they are claiming to emerge the first win of the tournament. Playing in their second FIFA U-17 World Cup game against Colombia, India had the nonexistent South American nation at their mercy on more than two occasions in front of more than fourty thousand screaming and enthusiastic crowd at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. India's glorious moment arrived when Jeakson headed in a perfect Sanjeev Stalin corner in the 82nd minute. "I was thinking the ball would be coming my way (from the corner), so I was already focused on that ball and I went and headed it into the goal."

Jeakson Singh Thanoujam, whose bullet header against Colombia in the U-17 World Cup became India's first-ever goal in any FIFA tournament for the nation, says it has given the debutants belief to beat Ghana in their next match. A victory over Ghana on Thursday night will be required for the hosts to continue their U-17 World Cup adventure.

Jeakson said India "deserved" a result in their favor. It was a nice experience and team felt on cloud nine when I scored the goal, however, we tried our best but were unlucky. It is obviously a great feeling to score for my country in a FIFA World Cup but it would have been sweeter had we won the match. But this joy last night was rather short-lived as Colombia took the lead a minute later and made it 2-1.

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