Indian Football is on the verge of death it seems that they were on ventilator in last few years, but the way they are playing have in last few matches it seems that Indian football would soon die until and unless procedures are taken to prevent it.
Let’s first highlight problems existing in Indian Football post that we will dive deep into solutions to be shared in the below format:
1. Indian Football is lacking big time when it comes to scoring big in the crunch phase of the game.
2. The attack and defense stipulated by them, is pretty ordinary.
3. The tactical ability have been pretty ordinary.
4. The talent possessing in Current Indian team is simply ordinary, and they need to bring in those players who can absorb pressure and deliver when it mattered the most.
5. The Indian Football is too much occupied in Indian Super League and the league only happens 5 months in a year due to which rest of the grassroot level players hardly get a chance to prove themselves out there.
6. The I-League which is India’s second most biggest league still suffer big time when it comes to exhibiting top class football on the table.
7. Indian team only wins SAFF championship where they win against meager team, and going forward it is going to be extremely difficult for them, as teams like Bangladesh having presence of some of the top class strikers, Hamza Chaudhary who plays for Bangladesh National Team as OCI(Overseas Citizens of India) & PIO(Person of Indian Citizen) have been recalled on the squad, to boost their performances so going forward Bangladesh give nightmare to Indian Football team players in SAFF Championships.
8. The All India Football Federations with concerned stakeholders should develop pathways otherwise they would fail to attract top talent at the highest level.
9. Indian Football team is in dice crisis that they need to call Sunil Chhetri back in Indian Squad post his retirement, so that he can help Men in Blue to reach in 2027 Asian Cup.
10. Considering Indian Football team lackluster performance in the last match against Hong Kong where they lost by 1-0, they looked helpless at all and speaks a volume about sad state of affair in Indian Football ecosystem.
The problems doesn’t exist in terms of coaches it all start from the domestic level and due to which players coming up the ranks at lacking big time when it mattered the most.
The way AIFF and concern stakeholders are failing to attract quality talent, it seems that road is quite far for them to regain the momentum in Asian Football and eventually playing for India in World Cup.
Let’s Talk about Solutions that needs to be done to solve problems:
1. The biggest solution is allowing OCI(Overseas Citizens of India) and PIO(Person of Indian Origin) should be inducted in Indian team by twisting the policies and let them play for India so that quality of Indian football can substantially improved.
2. The OCI/PIO are the Indian origin persons and they are living abroad and playing for some of top tier league if they are back to playing for Indian Football team, they substantially will produce more results as compare to the players who are part of Indian Team at the moment.
3. With the comeback from OCI/PIO players, rest Indian Origin players will be on their toes that they if skills are not upto the mark, they will lose their spot.
4. The competitiveness would substantially increase the quality of Indian football to wider extent.
5. The Coaching changes, grassroot level program and talent identification stuff is all secondly as they need to first work on their quality of football and inculcating OCI/PIO players will help us to develop beautiful culture in Indian team and that will ultimately uplift Indian Football.
6. Overall Indian Football could substantially improve but it will all start from Asian Level and subsequently improving into Indian level.
7. Lastly, all the policies at grassroot level programs, infrastructural, financial aspects and allowing players from outside India, could be inducted in Men in Blue to uplift the standard of Indian football.
The All India Football Federation should focus on developing pathways and infrastructural policies, should be designed in simple manner so that Indian football as entity can grow.
Football is the most popular sport in the world, and deserve systematic planning from AIFF so that country with billion population could make sure right kind of talent can serve country when Blue tigers could possibly win all matches at the highest level.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q-1: What are 5 Biggest Problems in Indian Football?
Answer: Not Playing Attacking Brand of Football
Lacking big time in attack and defence when it mattered the most
Relying on Sunil Chhetri even at the age of 40 years old to make them home through.
Not developing backup talents which can support Indian team in attack and defense
Indian Football lacks quality players in terms of merit where limited players who are coming up the ranks in the current infrastructure, are not up to the mark.
Q-2: Why Sunil Chhetri playing for India is still problem? What are 5 ways to solve Indian Football Problems?
Answer: Sunil Chhetri playing for India at the age of 40 years old, and there is no backup developed in his absence and how long he will continue to serve Indian football.
There are 5 ways to solve Indian Football Problems to be shared in the below format:
1. Allowing OCI(Overseas Citizens of India ) to play for Indian team to deliver goods for them.
2. Allowing PIO(Person of Indian Origin) to play for Indian team to deliver good for Blue tigers especially in those difficult moments where they can rescue Indian team.
3. Developing correct pathway where players from grassroot level can come up the ranks and they deliver in terms of skills and performance.
4. Coaching system needs to be more advanced using technologies like AI and data extraction and machine learning where players could also understand those numbers which would substantially help them to grow Indian Football.
5. Overall, Scouting programs should be in proper place for that proper facilities should be provided where they extract best talent.
Q-3: Why ISL and I-League is failing to produce talented players to Indian Team?
Answer: The ISL(Indian Super League) and I-League being India’s Top Tier 1 and Tier 2 tournament in Indian football have failed to provided talent to Indian football as most iconic performance and goal come from foreign strikers playing at goal scoring positions.
Barring Chhetri, Hardly Indian football forward people have scored goals in those leagues.
The second biggest problem unlike Europe top tier football leagues which runs till 12th season, in India it operates only for 5-6 months playing football for half a year not playing for 12 months, will make things difficult for them going forward.
The level of Football in ISL and I-League is not upto the mark where we could clearly see lapses made by Indian football where they failed to lap up the attacking opportunities when it mattered the most.
Overall, Indian football players playing any match, they failed to capitalize those occasions which requires your game sense, and mental sharpness which they are lacking big time.
Indian football is on the verge of death from Ventilator if nothing is done via stakeholders who have working behind the scenes it would be extremely difficult for them to make comeback.
Overall, Indian Football have certainly made a plan to revamp AIFF 2047 roadmap considering all those hurdles if they are not solved, it would be too late for them to make comeback.
The Indian Football Federations have several challenges up for display and they need to resolve those challenges one by one otherwise it would be too late for them, and day would come people would stop watching Indian Football, after so many leagues are coming up the ranks, it would be ideally difficult for ISL and I-League to sustain and survive
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