NEW DELHI: Former India midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh feels the nation should make it a behavior to qualify for the Asian Cup regularly, with the intention to rise within the sport.
Eugeneson, now a member of the All India Soccer Federations’ (AIFF) technical committee, believes in following the method.
“The nationwide staff has completed nice within the latest previous. Qualifying for back-to-back Asian Cups is superb for Indian soccer, and we have to take issues ahead from right here,” mentioned Eugeneson.
“I feel we have to present religion within the coaches and the gamers who’ve taken us to the Asian Cup and assist them comply with the method that they’ve set out for themselves. We can’t be taking a look at short-term features right here,” he mentioned.
India cleared the qualification hurdle earlier this 12 months to make their successive Asian Cup. We must be at a stage the place Asian Cup Qualification is an everyday factor for India, and for that, our nationwide staff must play throughout each worldwide break.
“That’s the one manner the set of gamers will get higher at taking part in alongside one another, that’s how the staff chemistry will construct up. If we do this, I’m certain we will carry out nicely as soon as we get to the AFC Asian Cup.
” The senior males’s nationwide staff is presently ranked 104 on the FIFA chart. Nevertheless, Eugeneson will not be one to dwell an excessive amount of on the rankings. Rankings are necessary, however what actually issues is how we play. And that may solely enhance with extra matches towards high quality opponents,” mentioned Eugeneson.
“The staff must develop collectively, and we have to develop collectively as a footballing nation with them.
” The brand new technical committee, consisting of 5 former India internationals — IM Vijayan (chairman), Harjinder Singh, Eugeneson, Climax Lawrence, and Pinky Bompal Magar — will meet for the primary time on Sunday in Kolkata.
Eugeneson feels that the presence of eminent gamers within the committee will assist it make higher selections, aimed toward bettering the situations of the present footballers in India.
“Getting the previous gamers concerned was an amazing step. Those that have been gamers know the bottom actuality and hardships that footballers should face, and may make higher selections. They’re those that may assist resolve what’s greatest for Indian soccer,” he mentioned.
The FIFA U-17 Girls’s World Cup is lower than a month away, and because the nation gears up for the showpiece occasion, Eugeneson feels that India has nice potential to do nicely in ladies’s soccer.
“I bear in mind the hype and the influence that the U-17 Males’s World Cup had a couple of years again. I’m certain will probably be fairly comparable within the ladies’s sport too. The protection of the video games will drastically enhance, and that can even encourage mother and father, and youngsters, which is at all times nice for the game. I hope most mother and father in India get to see that soccer is not only a sport anymore. It’s a profession, it’s an economic system unto itself, and youngsters can prosper in it,” he added.
Eugeneson, now a member of the All India Soccer Federations’ (AIFF) technical committee, believes in following the method.
“The nationwide staff has completed nice within the latest previous. Qualifying for back-to-back Asian Cups is superb for Indian soccer, and we have to take issues ahead from right here,” mentioned Eugeneson.
“I feel we have to present religion within the coaches and the gamers who’ve taken us to the Asian Cup and assist them comply with the method that they’ve set out for themselves. We can’t be taking a look at short-term features right here,” he mentioned.
India cleared the qualification hurdle earlier this 12 months to make their successive Asian Cup. We must be at a stage the place Asian Cup Qualification is an everyday factor for India, and for that, our nationwide staff must play throughout each worldwide break.
“That’s the one manner the set of gamers will get higher at taking part in alongside one another, that’s how the staff chemistry will construct up. If we do this, I’m certain we will carry out nicely as soon as we get to the AFC Asian Cup.
” The senior males’s nationwide staff is presently ranked 104 on the FIFA chart. Nevertheless, Eugeneson will not be one to dwell an excessive amount of on the rankings. Rankings are necessary, however what actually issues is how we play. And that may solely enhance with extra matches towards high quality opponents,” mentioned Eugeneson.
“The staff must develop collectively, and we have to develop collectively as a footballing nation with them.
” The brand new technical committee, consisting of 5 former India internationals — IM Vijayan (chairman), Harjinder Singh, Eugeneson, Climax Lawrence, and Pinky Bompal Magar — will meet for the primary time on Sunday in Kolkata.
Eugeneson feels that the presence of eminent gamers within the committee will assist it make higher selections, aimed toward bettering the situations of the present footballers in India.
“Getting the previous gamers concerned was an amazing step. Those that have been gamers know the bottom actuality and hardships that footballers should face, and may make higher selections. They’re those that may assist resolve what’s greatest for Indian soccer,” he mentioned.
The FIFA U-17 Girls’s World Cup is lower than a month away, and because the nation gears up for the showpiece occasion, Eugeneson feels that India has nice potential to do nicely in ladies’s soccer.
“I bear in mind the hype and the influence that the U-17 Males’s World Cup had a couple of years again. I’m certain will probably be fairly comparable within the ladies’s sport too. The protection of the video games will drastically enhance, and that can even encourage mother and father, and youngsters, which is at all times nice for the game. I hope most mother and father in India get to see that soccer is not only a sport anymore. It’s a profession, it’s an economic system unto itself, and youngsters can prosper in it,” he added.
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