Amarjit is back from injury and has started light training. That's a relief. I hope Raynier and Amarjit play and give us the stability in the center so Sahal, Thapa and Brandon will up the game on creative front.
Sandhesh is also doing good progress and is making recovery ahead of time. Hopefully he recovers by early next year before the next round
What about Rohit Danu? Is he recovering? When will he be back? I think Danu and Sridharth (from current u16 batch) are our best hopes for a future reliable striker and aiff should do everything in their power to nurture and groom them properly, including funding and arranging to send them both to a reputable european youth academy or club where they can play and train at the highest standards and develop their skills. We don't want a repeat of what happened to likes of Uttam Rai, Bidyasagar singh, milan basumatari and others who had shown spark earlier but are now lost in obscurity. I am most disappointed with Danial and Vikram Pratap, both of whom showed great promise but look at them now. Vikram especially has gone so rapidly downhill as seen in the recent u19 qualifiers.
India will get direct entry to AFC Champions league from next season (2021), winner of this year ISL will get direct group stage in now expanded ACL with 40 clubs, while winner of this year AFC cup and ACL(2020) will get direct playoff for 2021 ACL.
Only sad thing about this is, its was the I league clubs who give constant performances in AFC Cup to keep as in top 10 MAs in Asia west zone but the direct slot will be given to a ISL club who have contributed nothing in MA ranking, only ISL to play AFC cup even failed to pass group stage.
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Sandhesh is also doing good progress and is making recovery ahead of time. Hopefully he recovers by early next year before the next round
Only sad thing about this is, its was the I league clubs who give constant performances in AFC Cup to keep as in top 10 MAs in Asia west zone but the direct slot will be given to a ISL club who have contributed nothing in MA ranking, only ISL to play AFC cup even failed to pass group stage.
https://thefangarage.com/articles/17248-afc-champions-league-expanded-to-include-8-new-countries-india-among-beneficiaries
1 ACL spot and 2 AFC cup spots. Is it????
Please mention who will get the second spot