Indian Football News Updates

1135213531355135713581727

Comments

  • thebeautifulgamethebeautifulgame Durgapur,India29574 Points

    Goa CM Dr Pramod Sawant seeks PM Modi's mediation over Churchill Brother's plea

    The Red Machines have been one of the lynchpins of Indian football for long.

    Goa’s Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mediation in examining the plea of Churchill Brothers to retain the club's position in the top league of the country, specially considering the interest of young football players and also providing protection to the traditional clubs with a highly valued history in Indian football.

    The Chief Minister's prompt action was a follow-up of the meeting with Churchill Alemao, President and Ms. Valanka Alemao, CEO of Churchill Brothers FC.

    Fully supporting the Churchill Bros' plea, the Chief Minister perused the letter addressed to the Prime Minister, wherein Churchill Bros FC along with many other I-League clubs had sought the PM's intervention to save Indian football, especially that of the Goan club which has been the torch-bearer of Goa and Indian football for the past four decades and more.

    Grasping the matter quickly and eager to protect the interest of football and Goan football players, the Goan Chielf Minister stated, "Football is a sport that singularly connects every Goan and invokes a sense of passion. Goa has given illustrious football legends to the Indian sports arena. I request the Prime Minister to consider examining the matter put forward by Churchill Bros FC, which is one of the premier clubs in the State of Goa," stated the Chief Minister.

    Driving home that football runs in the blood of Goans and the fact that Goa has declared football as its national sport, Dr. Pramod felt that the "PM's intervention in the matter would ensure that the lawful rights of the players and patrons of the sport in the State are safeguarded."

    In its submission, Churchill Bros FC's CEO, Valanka Alemao, stated that the club were the champions in the I-League twice and the Federation Cup and runners-up of I-League thrice. The Red Machines had earned the distinction of representing India in the AFC Cup championship due to its superlative performance and presently is the only Goan club in the I-League after the withdrawal of other acclaimed Goan teams - Dempo, Salgaocar and Sporting Clube de Goa.

    "We have been providing a pan-India platform for talented players from Goa, other parts of India and even from abroad to showcase their talent with especially the Goan football players gaining the much-needed experience and exposure which catapults them for higher and bigger events at national and international levels. As of now, we are the torch-bearers of Goan football in the National League and as such we must continue enjoying the pride of place especially for the sake of Goan players. The I-League has been the top division league in the country and the status needs to be maintained at all costs. Even AFC and FIFA have acknowledged this fact," reasoned Valanka.

    "The ISL is a commercial championship without a system of promotion and relegation as required by FIFA statues under its Sporting Merit clause. It is more like the IPL in cricket, a closed-league, there being no culture of Indian football. There is no legacy. The AIFF is dependent on the finances to sustain itself and as such it entered into a Masters Right Agreement (MRA) in 2010 with IMG-R which affects the rights of the I-League clubs as it has been contemplated in the agreement that the ISL would be made the senior most league in preference to I-League which would eventually be displaced to the ordinary or no status at all," explained Valanka.

    "The IMG-R is a private business entity which has launched franchise-based clubs, which are not part of and have nothing to do with, the rich history of Indian football. The top-tier league in the country was launched in 1996, christened as National Football League (NFL) and in 2007 re-branded as I-league as India's first ever professional league and as such enjoyed the status of India's top-tier league. It was only in October 2013 that ISL came into existence, with many alleging that it became a necessity due to financial constraints," added Valanka.

    "The road map for Indian football is what the traditional clubs have been asking for. It is because of this exact reason - the lack of clarity on the road map for Indian football - that Dempo, Salgaocar and Sporting Clube de Goa withdrew from the league. And now the onus has fallen on Churchill Bros to safeguard the interests of Goan football players, as football is today a means of livelihood for most of the players what with more and more youngsters being attracted to it also from the employment point of view that also encompasses coaches, physios, professional managers, administrators, and several others. Consequently, lowering the status of the I-League would mean diminishing the returns especially for the professionals," the Churchill Brothers CEO further added.

    Valanka expressed her club's gratitude to Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant for promptly accepting the request to save the interest of Goa and Goan footballers and promote proper ecosystem to nurture young talent as future stars of Indian football.

    Churchill Alemao, while praising the Chief Minister for initiating quick action in the matter, stated that Dr. Pramod had understood the urgency of the matter and that the Chief Minister had grasped the subject, promising that sports and especially football would be given due priority and attention since it involved the youth.

    https://khelnow.com/news/article/i-league-goa-cm-pramod-sawant

    munna219777goalkeeparCarbon_14souravindia
  • I think we need to play 2 more friendlies before WCQ , , tomorrow there is draw so the teams from pot 4/5 would be ideal preparation (barring ones in our group of course)  
    First two matches are on 5th and 10th sept so there is still time for this
  • thebeautifulgamethebeautifulgame Durgapur,India29574 Points

    I-League clubs to knock on the doors of FIFA and AFC

    The six I-League clubs got together once again and sought legal advice from former Solicitor General of India Mohan Parasaran...

    The six I-league clubs are set to knock the doors of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), as they continue their protest against the All India Football Federation's (AIFF)'s decision to recommend the AFC Champions League qualifying spot to the winners of the Indian Super League (ISL). 

    The clubs also met with Mohan Parasaran, former Solicitor General of India, seeking legal advice from the senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India. They have handed him the Master Rights Agreement (MRA) between AIFF and Football Sports Development Ltd (FSDL) for inspection. 

    Notably, it was advocate Parasaran who represented Churchill Brothers in 2014 in the Delhi High Court against AIFF, when the governing body cancelled its first division license after the Goan club failed to fulfil a few of the club licensing criteria. 

    If the clubs don't get a favourable reply from AFC and FIFA, a legal course of action will follow.  

    "First we will be writing to the AFC and FIFA telling them about our concerns. We are going to wait for around 10 days for them to reply. If we don't get a reply, we are going to challenge the entire MRA in court," told one of the club owners to Goal.

    Previously, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal approached the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya to address the issue at hand and the national general secretary had promised to help them by setting up a meeting with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. East Bengal's Debabrata Sarkar has also sought help from Aroop Biswas, Sports Minister of West Bengal.

    The tussle between the clubs and AIFF seem to be far from over. 

    https://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/i-league-clubs-set-to-knock-the-doors-of-afc-fifa/14dfr8n90nzsq1nhgv1o6auz7h

    EastBengalPrideindianFootballFanDeb_BansouravindiaDEFENCE123munna219777deepu
  • Constantine's first 5 matches
    Nepal(H) 2-0
    Nepal(A) 0-0
    Oman(H) 1-2
    Guam(A) 1-2
    Nepal(H) 0-0

    Goals scored: 4
    Conceded: 4
    Clean sheets: 3

    Stimac's first 5 matches
    Curacao(A) 1-3
    Thailand(A) 1-0
    Tajikistan(H) 2-4
    DPR korea(H) 2-5
    Syria(H) 1-1

    Goals scored: 7
    Conceded: 13
    Clean sheets: 1

    **note: not a comparison, just couldnt resist to to go through stats  :p
  • Look at the teams during first five matches.
    munna219777deepu
  • BrainFallINDIABrainFallINDIA India7108 Points
    In every ways that’s just a shitty stat comparison.The level of the teams are very different.
    Deb_Ban[Deleted User]munna219777deepu
  • There is fucking note: not a comparison and as usual people here are jumping onto something which is not relevant.. 
    now let me tell common or comparable things which should have been discussed..

    1. As it is clearly evident level of opponent is far better
    2. unlike Constantine, stimac's results came under experiments 
    3. we were able to perform better in away games which is crucial in WCQ
    4. in constantine set up all goals in those 5 matches were scored by Chhetri
     in stimacs set up 3 out of 7 goals scored by some other player but bottom line is we are still dependent on Chhetri which is bad
    5. as compared to stimac , Constantine didnt have time to keep NT camp
    6. unlike constantine, stimac had set players at his disposal( set as in players who had good chemistry between them)
    he experimented but in scoring 1-2 odd goals this chemistry was useful.
    7.under stimac we squandered chances to come back in game and twice we gave away lead so positive thing is we need to focus on defence as atleast we are able to take lead or keep pressure on opponent.
  • munna219777munna219777 28505 Points
    4 out of 5 Games of SC tenure were actual World Cup Qualifiers. He had no luxury of any experimentation.
    We should compare the results once qualifiers start.
    [Deleted User]EastBengalPridesouravindiagoalkeeparthebeautifulgamespartagiridharanreddevil87
  • ChelseafanChelseafan Allahabad1655 Points
    Also when Constantine took over he immediately had to overhaul the entire team and rebuild from scratch. In his first 5 matches he gave a lot of debuts. And lets be honest - SC inherited a team which used to lose to Myanmar and struggled against Nepal (if I am not wrong India actually lost to Nepal in one of SAFF cup cup g under Koevermans....not sure though, will have to check). I definitely remember when just after SC taking over we were facing Nepal in WCQ and most members of this forum at the best hoped that India will either draw the away match against Nepal or may swing it 1-0. That was the level of our expectations from our NT at that time. So judge SC on the basis of then prevailing circumstances. 
    munna219777
  • thebeautifulgamethebeautifulgame Durgapur,India29574 Points
    Let's start a new Fight Club thread: Stephen Constantine (Constipation) vs Igor Stimac (Stomach) :D :D
    [Deleted User]karenesudhakar2050indian_gooner
Sign In or Register to comment.