118,550 people have cumulatively attended India's Asian Cup Q matches at VYBK Stadium. Average attendance of 39,517. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
#IndianFootball
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India should promptly establish a U23 team, excluding ISL regulars, and prepare them for participation in tournaments such as the Asian Games, SAFF Cup, and U23 Asian Cup in the near future. The senior team only needs to play against teams ranked under 100 in FIFA rankings. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
๐๏ธ Igor Stimac: "Now, we can work on playing attractive football. You want to get to the top 80 in FIFA rankings and top 10 in Asia. I will take you there in four years. But you need to trust me, otherwise we can part as friends." ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
@htTweets
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๐ Ivan Vukomanoviฤ has the highest win percentage (47%) for any manager in Kerala Blasters history; his win percentage is also the highest among all active coaches in Hero ISL (min. 10 games managed). ๐ก๐
@OptaJeev
#YennumYellow
#KBFC
#SFtbl
๐ฎโ๐จ Disgraceful pitch
๐ฎโ๐จ Poor refereeing
๐ฎโ๐จ Ugly home kit
This would be the worst Indian home kit ever. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
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#SFtbl
๐ค According to ChatGPT, this is Indian Footballโs Best XI of all time.
๐ฎ๐ณ Subrata Pal
๐ฎ๐ณ Sailen Manna
๐ฎ๐ณ Gostha Pal
๐ฎ๐ณ Syed Nayeemuddin
๐ฎ๐ณ Climax Lawrence
๐ฎ๐ณ Carlton Chapman
๐ฎ๐ณ Chuni Goswami
๐ฎ๐ณ IM Vijayan
๐ฎ๐ณ P. K. Banerjee
๐ฎ๐ณ Sunil Chhetri
๐ฎ๐ณ Bhaichung Bhutia
Do you agree? ๐ค
๐จ๐ฃ | Sunil Chhetri on 2023 AFC Asian cup preparations:
๐๏ธ "Weโre going to face Australia, Uzbekistan and Syria, so we need a long camp. And I really hope that we get it."
๐๏ธ "It will also be great if we can get one of the top 7 teams in Asia to play a friendly."
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๐ฃ๏ธ Des Buckingham on Igor Stimacโs demand for a four-week training camp: ยซ "Weโll do as we are told by the AIFF. Whatever the league break is for the Asian Cup, we know how important that competition is for Indian football." ยป ๐ต๐
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@timesofindia
๐จ | Kerala Blasters head coach Ivan Vukomanovic on Twitter: "Kerala Blasters will have a friendly game against the Indian national team. Kerala, get ready. Blue tigers are coming in September." ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
#KBFC
#IndianFootball
#SFtbl
[๐ฅ] La Liga is working on bringing two of their clubs to India for a pre-season game in 2023 to enhance and increase cooperation with the Indian Super League. ๐ช๐ธ๐
@ttindia
#HeroISL
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๐จ | Santosh Trophy winners Kerala were awarded a cash prize of โน10 Million by UAE based Indian entrepreneur Dr Shamsheer Vayalil at a ceremony in Kochi. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฐ
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[๐ฅ] Former Indian players want ex-captain Bhaichung Bhutia to contest for the AIFF president's post. Bruno Coutinho and Renedy Singh said that former players will back Bhaichung Bhutia to stand for the president's post. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
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[Via:
@PTI_News
]
๐ฎ๐ณ Mohammed Aimen (20)
๐ฎ๐ณ Mohammed Azhar (20)
๐ฎ๐ณ Sachin Suresh (22)
๐ฎ๐ณ Rahul Praveen (23)
๐ฎ๐ณ Saurav Mandal (23)
Ivan and Kerala Blasters are working magic with these young talents. They managed to beat Mohun Bagan in Kolkata with these inexperienced talents. Wow! ๐ฎ๐ณโค๏ธ
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๐ฃ๏ธ Sunil Chhetri: ยซ "Now we are going to face teams like Korea, Japan, UAE, and Qatar in Asian Cup, it's going to be a different ball game. As prepared as we can be, it's going to be better for us." ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
#IndianFootball
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[๐ฅ] India have turned down the chance to welcome Argentina for a friendly this month due to the high cost involved in hosting the world champions.
Argentina has become the most in-demand team with Messiโs team commanding a fee of approx. Rs 32-40 crore. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅฒ
@timesofindia
๐ฃ๏ธ Vanuatu head coach Etienne Mermer: ยซ "It's an outstanding stadium here. It's a new experience for the boys to play on such pitches. We don't have facilities like these back in Vanuatu. We're really enjoying here." ยป ๐ฎ๐ณโค๏ธ
#SFtbl
An Indian fan celebrating Rahul KP's goal against China was instructed by stadium officials to sit down, but he continued his celebration. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
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๐ฃ๏ธ Igor Stimac: ยซ "I have huge plans with India so this game shouldn't be one of the big ones... this is what happens when you give me enough time to work with the boys" ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
@TFGfootball
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๐๏ธ Igor Stimac: Indian football players are overpaid in India; this is not helping our young boys to challenge themselves to go abroad in a better league. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ถ
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[Tyagi Talks]
๐๏ธ Igor Stimac: Anwar Ali is one of the best center-backs in Asia. We shouldn't imprison him in India; this boy needs to see bigger stages of football. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ช
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[Tyagi Talks]
โ๏ธ 2019 - AIFF banned Anwar Ali from playing competitive football due to rare heart condition.
โ ๏ธ 2022 - Anwar Ali starting for India in Asian Cup Q game against Cambodia.
Inspirational. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
๐ฃ๏ธ Renedy Singh: ยซ "Stimac might be comparing Myamar game to a Premier League match where the crowd chants and sings for the whole 90 minutes. But for that to happen, the Indian team needs to play much better football." ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
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@timesofindia
]
[๐ฅ] Football Delhi has written to the AIFF, expressing its wish to host India's FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier against Qatar on November 21 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
@SayanMukherjee4
@News9Tweets
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[๐ฅ] IOA collected the footballers' names and forwarded them to the Hangzhou organizing committee earlier. Now president PT Usha suggests that the football teams need not be sent because they are ranked lower than eighth. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐คฌ
@BoriaMajumdar
@revsportz
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๐จ | Sunil Chhetri has enrolled himself in the ISDE Law Business School to study global masters in sports management and legal skills.
The online one-year course started last month and Chhetri has got a 100 per cent scholarship. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
@ttindia
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โ ๏ธ [ DONE DEAL ]: Rajasthan United are all set to announce the singing of attacking midfielder Marcelinho Leite for upcoming Hero I-League season. ๐ฃ๐ฅ
@IFTWC
#ILeague
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[๐ฅ] Sunil Chhetri is all set to play in the Durand Cup after nine years. The last time Chhetri played in the Durand was in 2013-14. Durand Cup is the only trophy which is missing from the Bengaluru FC captainโs cabinet. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
@ttindia
#IndianFootball
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โ ๏ธ AIFF has started discussions with ISL and I-League clubs to make it mandatory to have academies of their own.
๐ฃ๏ธ Syed Sabir Pasha: "The AIFF has started giving licence to the clubs so that the FA can guide them to have a seamless experience in running the academy." ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
๐๏ธIgor Stimac: "The Indian fans follow Messi and Modric as Gods. If they have their own stars who play in the World Cup, imagine what it can do to Indian football going ahead." ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
@BoriaMajumdar
@RevSportz
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๐ฃ๏ธ Sahal Abdul Samad: ยซ "I am still young and I really look forward to being a part of Indian football's golden era now." ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
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๐ฃ๏ธ Igor Stimac: ยซ "ISL lacks history, you can't buy that. They somehow made a joint team between ATK and Mohun Bagan, But what's Indian football without a strong Mohun Bagan and East Bengal?" ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
@News9Tweets
#IndianFootball
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๐จ | Indian men's team for the upcoming Asian Games in China's Hangzhou:
๐ฏ GOALKEEPERS: Gurmeet Singh (HFC), Prabhsukhan Gill (EBFC), Dheeraj Singh (FCG).
๐ฏ DEFENDERS: Anwar Ali (MBSG), Narender Gahlot (OFC), Akash Mishra (MCFC), Roshan Singh (BFC), Asish Rai (MBSG).
more โท
Kerala have won their seventh Santosh Trophy. Only West Bengal (32) and Punjab (8) have won more in the competition's history. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
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Cricketer Sanju Samson sponsored the flight tickets of Adarsh, who has been selected for a one-month training programme with Spanish fifth division side CD La Virgen del Camino. ๐ฎ๐ณโค๏ธ
@Onmanorama
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I have seen IM Vijayan making rude comments on players' hair color while they were playing for their club. Now, Indian football is at an all-time low after he became the head of the Technical Committee. Does he have no words about it? Has he lost his spine now? ๐ค
#SFtbl
๐ฃ๏ธ Igor Stimac: ยซ "Apart from Kerala Blasters' Prabhsukhan Gill, all keepers in the Hero ISL have made mistakes. Some of the goals conceded were funny." ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
#IndianFootball
#SFtbl
Head coach Igor Stimac in his latest interview
- Criticized government for not allowing PIO.
- Criticized CoA member for "Contract till September" comment.
- Criticized organizers for football calendar.
- Criticized FA for Structure, Coach education, and Grass-root.
๐ฎ๐ณ๐
๐ DEAL DONE: Kerala Blasters have extended Croatian centre-back Marko Leลกkoviฤ's contract by two year, keeping him at the club until 2024. ๐๐ฅ
@zillizsng
#YennumYellow
#SFtbl
๐๏ธ Sunil Chhetri on next Merdeka Tournament: "We are a formidable unit now at home. We need to get better away and thatโs what the aim is" ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ช
@RevSportz
#IndianFootball
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Croatian Legend/ Indian head coach and fans are begging the ministry to send Indian players to Asian games. The state of Football in this country is unbelievable. SHAME !!!
๐๏ธ Igor Stimac: "Don't send us anywhere if we can't get the time to prepare. We are here for India and we all must remember that." ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ถ
@RevSportz
#IndianFootball
#SFtbl
๐๏ธ Sunil Chhetri: "Without disrespecting the SAFF Cup, we have won it. But where we want to reach, we will not reach if we keep playing SAFF nations." ๐ฎ๐ณโฝ
@RevSportz
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#SFtbl
Disaster Super Cup and IWL.
Disaster I-League telecast.
Failed to pick a decent team for U23 AC Cup Q and the Asian Games.
False promises of VAR and a minimum wage for Women F.
Now sacked GS after just 1.5 years.
AIFF under Kalyan Chaubey has been a joke so far. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐
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Indian Super League head coaches' age in the 2022-2023 season. East Bengal's Stephen Constantine is the oldest coach currently in the league at 59. Mumbai City's Des Buckingham is the youngest (37). ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ
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๐ฃ๏ธ Igor Stimac on AFC Asian Cup preparation: ยซ "If teams like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Japan can stop the national league for a month and a half for the national team, what stops India from doing so? Why is it that the league has to be finished by March?" ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅต
@RevSportz
#SFtbl
๐ฃ๏ธ VP Suhair: ยซ "I was able to wear my dream India jersey only because of my performances in the NorthEast United jersey. I am happy to play for the club anytime." ๐ด๐ฅ
#NEUFC
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๐ฃ๏ธ Mahesh Gawli: ยซ "Anwar Ali is a brilliant talent and is a future star. He is very intelligent, very good with both his feet and his confidence level is very high. I think he will be a top class defender in the future." ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ง
#IndianFootball
#SFtbl
[Via:
@KhelNow
]
[๐ฅ] Iceland's top-tier club IBV Vestmannaeyjar were keen on signing Kerala Blasters midfielder Sahal Abdul Samad on a temporary loan this season. Still, the move fizzled out due to visa and work permit rules. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด
@MarcusMergulhao
@timesofindia
#KBDC
#SFtbl
โ ๏ธ DONE DEAL: Bengaluru FC are all set to announce the signing of Spanish midfielder Javi Hernandez for the upcoming Hero ISL season. ๐ต๐ฅ
@SircarPrachya
#BengaluruFC
#SFtbl
๐๏ธ Petr Kratky: I was talking to our sports director Sujay Sharma and said I would want to win the ISL trophy with only Indian players. ๐ต๐ฅ
@DhimanHT
#MCFC
#SFtbl
[๐ฅ] Kerala Blasters have decided to travell to Kozhikode from Kochi (185 Km) for every Hero Super Cup matches, because the accommodation and training facilities provided to them were not up to the mark. ๐โ ๏ธ
@timesofindia
#HeroSuperCup
#SFtbl
๐ฃ๏ธ Igor Stimac on his contract renewal: ยซ "I am working on a series of presentations for the AIFF. If we have to travel this journey together, we need to agree to a plan for the next four years, and we have to do it now." ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅต
@RevSportz
#IndianFootball
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[๐ฅ] ATK Mohun Bagan goalkeepers Arsh Shaikh and Vishal Kaith are traveling to Spain for a preseason training next week. They will train under Javier Pindado. ๐ข๐ด
@SircarPrachya
#ATKMB
#SFtbl
[๐ฅ] Park Hang-seo has applied for the Indian Football head coach position. The AIFF may be tempted to look at his application more closely. Park, known for his success in Vietnam football, previously earned around Rs 41 lakh per month. ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฅ
@MarcusMergulhao
@timesofindia
#SFtbl
[๐ฅ] The Indian and Gujarat government have given in-principle approval to the proposal to set up a 50,000-capacity football stadium of Olympic standard in Ahmedabad with the vision of hosting a future edition of Olympics in 2036. ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๏ธ
@timesofindia
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๐ฃ๏ธ Igor ล timac: ยซ "ISL clubs are overpaying Indian players to ensure they will not go elsewhere (Foreign clubs). This is killing their hunger for the challenges. At the moment, this is the situation I do not like about football in India." ยป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฐ
[Beyond The Scores Via:
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