India’s top league is of a modest standard, feels national coach
Kolkata: National coach Igoro stimac Not too sure that India’s top football tournament – the Indian Super LeagueIt is helping the development of sports in the country as much as it should.
“ISL in its current form is just casual football,” the coach said during an interaction here on Tuesday. “It pays the players a good salary and they are in a comfortable place isl, when a player receives a pass, he has enough time to think about his next move. But you don’t get that time in international football. You have to make a quick decision and move on.”
The Croatian giant clearly feels that India’s top league is actually of a modest standard. He has his reasons. “When I was coming to India as a coach, many people told me that I am lucky because I have 1.25 billion options to choose from. But when I came here, I realized I had 10 to choose from. There are teams and there is a pool of 50. Indian players, who are mostly goalkeepers, defenders or defensive midfielders.
Leading positions in almost all ISL teams are taken by foreigners “who had nowhere else to go and who are here for pay.” Although Stimac does not want to lecture ISL coaches, he said that if he was one, he would have worked hard with the Indian players.
“As a national coach, I don’t have a ready pool of players,” he said. “I have to pick players from these ISL teams and take whatever is offered to me.” Gokulam Kerala‘s i league Success is great for the club, but Stimac doesn’t think India’s second league has enough talent to replace players in the national team.
“I know every coach in the I-League thinks they have 2-3 players in their team who can be in the national team, and I wish that were true. But let’s be realistic. Gokulam’s win against ATK Mohun Bagan It was great, but if you asked me, they would win one in 10 such games and that was one.”
Stimac accepted India’s charge for the challenges the country could throw at it. “Expectations are high, but options are limited, so is the premise. It’s a challenge I want to take on,” he said. They have already identified a pool of youth for the future, but are wary that they may fall into the ‘ISL trap’ of high salaries and comforts. “Some players from Indian Arrows and Under-17 Project are very talented and have immense potential. But then, if they get used to the high pay and the convenience that comes with it, half of them may disappear.”
The coach feels that just one good result can change everything for India. with Asian Cup He expects India to qualify for the main event after the qualifiers to be held here later this month. And that one good result could be just around the corner.
Kolkata: National coach Igoro stimac Not too sure that India’s top football tournament – the Indian Super LeagueIt is helping the development of sports in the country as much as it should.
“ISL in its current form is just casual football,” the coach said during an interaction here on Tuesday. “It pays the players a good salary and they are in a comfortable place isl, when a player receives a pass, he has enough time to think about his next move. But you don’t get that time in international football. You have to make a quick decision and move on.”
The Croatian giant clearly feels that India’s top league is actually of a modest standard. He has his reasons. “When I was coming to India as a coach, many people told me that I am lucky because I have 1.25 billion options to choose from. But when I came here, I realized I had 10 to choose from. There are teams and there is a pool of 50. Indian players, who are mostly goalkeepers, defenders or defensive midfielders.
Leading positions in almost all ISL teams are taken by foreigners “who had nowhere else to go and who are here for pay.” Although Stimac does not want to lecture ISL coaches, he said that if he was one, he would have worked hard with the Indian players.
“As a national coach, I don’t have a ready pool of players,” he said. “I have to pick players from these ISL teams and take whatever is offered to me.” Gokulam Kerala‘s i league Success is great for the club, but Stimac doesn’t think India’s second league has enough talent to replace players in the national team.
“I know every coach in the I-League thinks they have 2-3 players in their team who can be in the national team, and I wish that were true. But let’s be realistic. Gokulam’s win against ATK Mohun Bagan It was great, but if you asked me, they would win one in 10 such games and that was one.”
Stimac accepted India’s charge for the challenges the country could throw at it. “Expectations are high, but options are limited, so is the premise. It’s a challenge I want to take on,” he said. They have already identified a pool of youth for the future, but are wary that they may fall into the ‘ISL trap’ of high salaries and comforts. “Some players from Indian Arrows and Under-17 Project are very talented and have immense potential. But then, if they get used to the high pay and the convenience that comes with it, half of them may disappear.”
The coach feels that just one good result can change everything for India. with Asian Cup He expects India to qualify for the main event after the qualifiers to be held here later this month. And that one good result could be just around the corner.