FOOTBALL IN DETAIL

The name of Stephan Constantine is not new for the Indian football fans. He was the manager of the senior men's team, from 2002-2005 and then 2015-19. Having held the term for good number of years, he saw the Indian football system transition from one system to another. For example, NFL to the I LEAGUE, then I LEAGUE TO ISL. A lot have changed in with the emergence of ISL, certainly the players have better facilities and better wages. What makes him Ideal for the job? 1. Experience. His experience separates him from the rest, having part of each continental teams. He is aware of different sets of systems, from Europe to Africa, he was part of many leagues, teams. He is aware of the challenges and the the ways of overcoming them is known to him. Being the FIFA coach instructor himself, he is very well known to the methods of delivering the progress. The awareness of Indian football, gives him an advantage too. 2. Know the problems Indian football faces. We often accused ...

The year 2013, became the benchmark for the corporates entering in to the sports setup, especially football in India. As the Jindal group started a new club from Bengalore, named as the Bengaluru football club. The key player and also the first player to be signed by the club was non other than Sunil Chhetri. Club's success and continuous upward trend. 6 trophies in 6 years, remarkable. The draught was countered with the success,not only at the national level but at the International level too. 2016 AFC Cup final, one goal loss was too harsh but the valuable points gained by the club in that tournament and in succession, made possible for us to have a team in the champions league. But, let's keep everything aside and talk about the future model of the club! The academy, age group teams and the best out of the players. This is the real model which most of the clubs have failed to replicate successfully. The academics are irregular and non usef...

We do see often, people saying that mathematics is very useful. It certainly do play an important in our lives but it's useless in front of the fate. This happened last night with the U 23 Indian National Football team, as we failed to progress for the main tournament. We had 4 points but as the result against the 4th placed team is not considered, we got a point only, collectively. It is weird that we finished 2nd in the group but on collective points gained we are last as Oman have 3, Kyrgyzstan have 4, yet they are not above us. This is funny and very weird too, it does gives an impression of vague qualification rules, improper distribution of the teams and advantage to the few teams. The rule gave an advantage to the top placed teams in every group as they got every point and on the other hand  it nullified the points for the second placed teams in the group. In case of the Kyrgyzstan, the result was more heartbreaking because they were let down in the p...