New Delhi, Dec 13: India started their campaign in the Atletico Paranaense U-17 tournament on a bitter note as they went down to US-based club Orlando City SC 0-1, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Tuesday, December 13.

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India earned an early corner riding a bright start with Ninthoi coming close to opening the scoring in the 15th minute on Monday, December 12, AIFF said in a statement here.

Both teams went into the change-over goalless.

In the 47th minute of the game, Orlando found the back of the net from a blistering counter-attack.

Towards the end of the game, Abhijit, Joysana and Shubham Sarangi were introduced by coach Nicolai Adam to find the equaliser -- but in vain.

India will face tournament hosts Atletico Paranaense on Wednesday.

IANS