Some forces have emerged strongly in this regard ... an FB page "Indian Football Team for World Cup 2022" with half a million likes...all alone started the #TelecastAFCChampionship campaign and a Petition and forced Star sports to telecast AFC U16 Championship.
It was a cold response for the first day of ticket sale. I think people who follows Indian football closely only knows about this match and its importance. I could see few fans in the Bengaluru ticket counter and not even a single person in Iraq counter !
"There is no better place in Asia for this revival to begin than in Doha, which will host the next Asian World Cup," he explained. “We’ve already reached out to the Indian community in Doha and have begun receiving such warm responses promising support for the final.
"I am confident our fellow-Indians living in Doha will turn up at the Qatar SC Stadium in large numbers on 5 November. I would like to tell them that our appearance in the final is not just about the city of Bengaluru or the province of Karnataka. It is about India and its revival in Asian football in your adopted homeland, which will host the next Asian World Cup."
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Chhetri hoping for 'home' atmosphere in Doha
"There is no better place in Asia for this revival to begin than in Doha, which will host the next Asian World Cup," he explained. “We’ve already reached out to the Indian community in Doha and have begun receiving such warm responses promising support for the final.
"I am confident our fellow-Indians living in Doha will turn up at the Qatar SC Stadium in large numbers on 5 November. I would like to tell them that our appearance in the final is not just about the city of Bengaluru or the province of Karnataka. It is about India and its revival in Asian football in your adopted homeland, which will host the next Asian World Cup."
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=11/news=chhetri-hoping-for-home-atmosphere-in-doha-2847610.html