Last month, FIFA temporarily banned India over third-party interference. In May this year, it was reported that the funding of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) had been slashed by 85 percent.
While the video had the desired effect and led to sellout crowds, it is reflective of the state of Indian football. There’s something pitiful about the video, that one of the country’s greatest sportspersons, a man who sits third on the list of active international goal scorers, has to plead to fans to come and watch his team in the flesh. It’s a strange dichotomy best illustrated by the fact that the national men’s team captain Sunil Chhetri had to post a video through the Indian Football Team Twitter handle urging fans to attend the team’s Asian Cup qualifiers in Kolkata in June this year. So what drives the fans of a country, whose women’s side is ranked 58th and the men’s team is at 104th and has never played in a World Cup, to the world’s biggest sporting event in such big numbers? Across all non-competing countries, India had the third highest number of fans in Russia, behind only the United States and China. At the moment we don't have a big squad but we have just started this process.Of the 1.8 million Qatar World Cup 2022 tickets sold across the first two phases, more than 23,500 were bought by fans in India.Īfter the first phase of ticketing, India was ranked seventh in ticket sales.Īt Russia 2018, almost 18,000 fans from India were in attendance. The habit was that the players were used to playing all the time. Sometimes it's better to come in for 20-30 minutes for them. I have to take the best decision, sometimes for the players. "We have four players and it's very difficult right now to drop one. "For this reason all the players have to accept that rotation is part of this aspect. "I think when you try to build something important, with ambition and try to be competitive and win, you have to change old habits, otherwise you stay in balance and you don't want to have ambition," explained Conte. So could Son be set for a spell out of the team at some point soon? That was put to Conte during his pre-match press conference in Lisbon. Son has struggled for form this season and that has resulted in questions over his place in the team, with Richarlison impressing. The absence of Lucas has limited Conte's attacking options but he does still have a huge headache on his hands with Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison to pick from.
READ MORE: Tottenham press conference LIVE: Antonio Conte and Eric Dier on injuries, line-up and Sporting The others are all available," said the Italian when speaking to the media. His recovery is going well but I think we'll see him after the international break. Not featuring in a matchday squad since last month's 1-0 win over Wolves, the Brazilian has been on the sidelines due to inflammation in his tendon.Ībsent at Hotspur Way with the rest of the squad training on Monday morning ahead of their Champions League tie, the Spurs boss has claimed that his player's recovery is "going well" but he will not be available for this week's games against Sporting CP and Leicester City. Antonio Conte has confirmed that Lucas Moura will return for Tottenham after the international break.
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