Bhaichung Bhutia (Image: ANI)
Asked about the drop in rating — an actual low in latest instances — Bhaichung Bhutia mentioned the crew didn’t get sufficient time to coach and the teaching workers have been additionally not given a window to work intently with the boys.
Known as the frequent man’s sport, soccer isn’t just the hottest sport in the world, it additionally unites folks throughout boundaries. And it comes as a impolite shock that whereas India as a rustic is turning into a stronger international energy by the day, its place in the frequent man’s sport has drastically degraded in the final yr. Unfortunately, when one talks of international ambassadors in soccer, India has just one title — Bhaichung Bhutia.
And the former India skipper’s coronary heart bleeds when he sees India’s FIFA rating has dropped 15 locations to 117 in the latest rankings — worst in final seven years. While not somebody to draw back from taking over the strongest defenders on the soccer pitch, he solely watches helplessly as the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has failed to offer an expert set-as much as assist the sport develop in the nation.
Speaking completely to IANS, the Sikimmese Sniper mentioned Kalyan Chaubey (AIFF President) has failed Indian soccer and the fixed in-combating is one of the main the reason why the crew has did not rise to the challenges and stride ahead in the international platform.
“It is complete mismanagement by the top-most, including the President himself. Even today if you look at it, there is a lot of mismanagement in the administrative activities. There is a lot of misuse of funds. There is a complete mess in the AIFF, and Kalyan as President has really damaged the image of the AIFF.
“And today, I think it is so sad to read a lot of controversies that are happening in the federation with the financial thing. The lawyer of the AIFF has filed a case against the President. The General Secretary has filed a case against the President. I think it is a very sad affair and it is very sad for Indian football that how the President and his leadership has taken the game,” he rued.
Asked about the drop in rating — an actual low in latest instances — Bhaichung Bhutia mentioned the crew didn’t get sufficient time to coach and the teaching workers have been additionally not given a window to work intently with the boys.
“For the ranking and technical part of it, if you look at it, I think the teams were not given time, there was no proper planning for the Asia Cup and bad planning for the Asian Games. The management could not really support the coaching staff, the coaches in the team, training wise, practice matches wise. And it was completely because of the administrative failure,” he said.
It could be fascinating to notice that below Bhaichung Bhutia’s management, the crew had spent days collectively even coaching in Portugal once they had certified for the 2011 Asia Cup. Not to neglect the quantity of friendlies the crew performed below him and coach Bob Houghton — seen as one of the most promising phases of Indian soccer in recent times.
Coming again to present coach Igor Stimac, Bhaichung Bhutia believes will probably be unfair to be overly vital of the Croatian. “See, a coach can work when you give him proper support. You also need to listen to the coach in terms of technical support and if you see our coach’s interviews, he has not been getting the kind of support, he has not been able to get the team at times. He has not been able to get friendly matches where he wanted to play. So the coach himself has really put out a lot of points again as to how the performance of the team has been damaged. That is where the federation needs to support and the federation has failed to do so,” he pointed.
But is that this all a consequence of the administrative failure? Bhaichung Bhutia says he doesn’t have to say a lot and it’s all out in public area, because of the infighting in the AIFF. “I think I do not need to say anything. The federation themselves are saying this. Today look at the General Secretary, how he was removed and he filed a case against the President. They were the ones who were working together and fought the election and formed the body. Now within a year, they are fighting. Then look at the lawyer of the AIFF, all the legal matters are not being consulted with him. I think this is very unfortunate.”
Making his place clear, Bhaichung Bhutia lastly states: “See, I am only worried about where Indian football is going. How is it run? Under the current President, football is in very bad news and I think the Supreme Court should intervene, get the new constitution in place and the election is done and get a proper body to run it. There has been a lot of talk about pulling out the bid from the Asian Cup, getting the team to play the Santosh Trophy in Saudi Arabia. There is a lot of under the table talks and deals that are happening, which is very unfortunate.”
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – IANS)
