But questions remain as what's next for the players & coach
It was a brave bunch of footballers that left Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Monday, knowing that their brief tryst with expected glory is over. The moment was painful and blurry in the teary eyes of some of the teenagers representing India at a FIFA U17 Women's World Cup while passing the mixed zone after their 5-0 rout at the hands of Brazil. But some others, including 17-year-old skipper Astam Oraon, stopped and turned to the questions of the media with a maturity belying their age.