They say that, while pocketing all the money that is meant for actual football

i can confirm atleast 30% of sport enthusiast don't even know there is a wc qualifier match on 21 nd 26th march in india

Indian nationalism at its best

Bro, if west likes football that doesn't mean everyone will like it .Yes, India and China doesn't like or talk about football much. And that's all right. If the younger generation will like the game , it will still take years to improve the quality and infra for the game .

You are correct on the excuse,if you went to the South and East and the Northeast of India you'll always find people playing football

Same thing Bangladesh. See nothing but Messi Argentina jerseys. It’s a reason why these European clubs do Asia preseason tours. It feels like if some of these Asian countries could develop 2-3 national stars they could develop true fanfare.

Son Heung Min is the best example @@kmachuca

​@@SuperAnimeking100 Not the best example, while Son is Asia's biggest superstar, South Korea had been World Cup regulars and won the Asian cup before

@@SuperAnimeking100 you weren’t alive on Park Ji-sung’s peak, were you?

@@AVietnameseWanderingAround I was, just not a football fan until the 2010 World Cup so I don't know how his popularity compares to Sonny. I've heard of him but Idk his status in the Korean zeitgeist vs Sonny

Read up on the last 80 years of Asian history, especially Myanmar, Thailand and even South Korea, and you'll find that astrologers and soothsayers aren't just prominent in the politics of football. In all likelyhood the coach would have been fired for NOT taking that "advice" seriously.

Mauricio Pochettino openly admitted to believing in magical power of lemons. While being a coach in the Premier League. How can a man say something like that during a press conference and still be taken seriously ever again, let alone keep his job is beyond me. So yeah, India isn't that far behind.

lol, the soccer team encapsulates how the rest of the country is run!

​@@khaldrago911so u are saying Since Tottenham manger said the almost the same thing, so.....

@@Z71990 Poch said it while in charge of Chelsea. In his own words, lemons absorb "bad energy" or some shit and he'll try to find blue lemons to match the team colours. Inagine being a Chelsea player listening to this. I can't even tell what's worse, this way of thinking in and on itself or an idea to go to the pressroom and share it with the whole world

China has been investing in football from last 25 years while India started real investment in football only 10 years ago. India has seen it's peak golden years in the 50s & 60s after that they fall off very badly.

Indian football will never take off unless politicians stop getting involved and let actual football people make footballing decisions

That hope is gone, bhaichung Bhutia lost the recent elections as well, he’s probably the biggest Legend of modern Indian football, but he lost, while Kalyan Chaubey is also a former footballer he’s a member of the ruling BJP so pretty much a politician

​@@DNZ759 ouch

​@@DNZ759China had not invested in football for the last 25 years as you claimed. The only time China invested was when Xi proclaimed his love for football and all the wealthy clamoured for his affections by acquiring superstar footballers to join their league football. The communist government done nothing for football. In fact, India government done more for ftheir country ootball than the communist government done for China.

Anyone who opposes this comment is deluded and doesn't want to accept the reality we've seen it.

When did he say that?

​@@MK12275why can't the aiff fix that problem.

@@renaswin7322 Well firstly AIFF is really corrupted they really don't care about developing the youth and don't invest money on facilities or promote football enough and also there's a lot of politics going within itself . Other problem is in the youth academies where coaches show bias and don't the let the kids with actual potential succeed . The other problem is the parents who won't allow their children to take a risk like this looking at how bad India's football team is. All parties here are responsible so only blaming AIFF won't be the right thing but it is their lack of competence that caused this

What does academy teaches them that we are missing?

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@@Luca-ly7vhAndros Townsend would be top 3

Showing my age here, but Steve Bould would be a walk up start!

​@@SilliusSodus Ter stegen and David Silva would be up there.

Rogerio Ceni, Rooney and Bobby Charlton would be in the team for sure

Kerala, Goa, Bengal, Northeast?

Yeah what area?

@@sajinashaiju9208 kerala,i can tell from his channel

​@@sajinashaiju9208 kerela doesn't produce any good player they are only talk

@@sahil5rana Sahal, Rahul, Vineeth and more in ISL. Indian football legends like I M Vijayan (named the Most Valuable Player of the SAFF Championship thrice (in 1997, 1999, and 2003)the Most Valuable Player of the Nehru Cup thrice (in 1993, 1997, and 1999)), V P Sathyan (led the Indian team to a gold medal in the 1995 SAF Games) And, You were saying?

As an indian it's really shameful. People here watch only 1 sport & it's cricket, people don't even appreciate other sports. 😢 also our football players expect us to support them but they play even wrose than us there. So we don't even watch football coz it's like waking up seeing our country loosing in football & repeat.

​@@RAJ_GADHAVI Brother, stop looking for excuses, football may not be the most popular sport in India but there is still about 30% of the population that likes it (for India that 30% is more than 100 million) 

Lol. You guys won 3 world Cup total in cricket😂😂​@@RAJ_GADHAVI

@@Gmthekiller 3 ODI world cup** if you are talking about achievements & awards, then india won 3 ODI world cup with 2 time runners up, 1 t20 world cup & 1 time runners up, 2 times runners up in test world cup.

@@RAJ_GADHAVI it's a joke. Cricket is given God status here and incredibly detrimental to all other sports. 3 ODI world Cup is a rather steep price to pay for having literally next to zero achievement in other sports. Cricket is like a curse to India and will always deprive her of worldwide recognition in Olympics or other sports championships

Man our league system especially ISL is pretty awful we need to learn from European countries league system

In general, fans are treated poorly in stadiums in India , and while in cricket that doesn’t matter because people will flock to watch you, it will affect your attendances in football

even here in north east football is very popular .. there are a lot of talented players here who with proper training and financial help can at least reach a higher level than any of our former players had in the past ... but you know the reason .... politics and politicians who have little to no knowledge of the sport are involved in it ... not only in football but in every sports organization .. unless politicians aren't removed from sports organizations .. esp in football ... we wont achieve anything ...

I can't say I've ever given much thought to football in India, as it's obvious how much more popular cricket is. Given it seems to be more popular in certain areas - and India is such a big country - might it make more sense to organise leagues at a regional/provincial level in places like Kerala and West Bengal? That would still allow for a knockout tournament at national level, which is obviously modelled on the IPL.

Based on Indias FIFA ranking, yall literally DO NOT have potential lmfao

germany's national sport, also as popular as footbal or basketball: handball japan and korea's most popular sport: baseball these 3 are regular world cup contenders

@@roughysk9851 USA has been in every world cup since 1990 and its like the 6th most popular sport

@@thepolishnz Except for 2018

@@roughysk9851 japan and Korea also great in badminton.

​@@manchesterunitedno7so is india

Why be dissatisfied and disappointed, if west likes football that does not mean you too will like it. Foot ball is not quite popular in genera public in India. And that's a fact. We like Chess, Cricket , Hockey etc. It's just like saying if west likes Color Blue very much then you should like the colour Blue just like them .

@@freecoder522 I don't care if others like it or not. Football is my favourite sport and I want us to do well in it.

​​@@freecoder522There is more than just watching cricket.

No, Football is way more popular than hockey and chess in India 😂😂😂 ​@@freecoder522

@@freecoder522why are you on a football channel commenting about this stuff? Did you even watch the video? Your 5 comments on just this one video don't add anything to the discussion so don't bother with spewing nonsense here

Well there is no hope to kill me, I simply have 0 expectations, we are never becoming relevant in football unless systemic changes happen, there is simply no point in watching and rooting for a qualifier because the next day they will announce budget cuts and pocket the money while we keep watching on like clowns

@@karannsyt Seriously. Gone are the days of reading articles on google about when will football grow in India. I have stopped going to football matches with any expectations.

​​@@zinematicgaming82 Nd if you are not aware bcci is building a huge cricket stadium in Kerala, goa, Bengal renovating old cricket stadiums and increasing capacity to 100k+ , adding 10 new ipl franchises till 2030 and there were rumors a few months back bcci planning to launch a new t10 tournament. Football is never going to be huge in India and will happen like Australia

​@@zinematicgaming82 There is no hope in India for football with 2600$ per capita income. Footballers will born in India when Bengal state of India will have 10000$ per capita. Not before that. As a good footballers son I can tell u that.

@Lalll-qn5fn football will never grow 🤣🤣🤣

😂😂 loosing Afghanistan what u want more budy😂

yeah. India only came up when people talking about rape culture. or the way Indian can't fight or swim.. I am not being funny. just look at the way china beat India soldier to death in ladakh. after they find out that real life are not like Bollywood movie, they lost their balls and Jump into the river to escape. they are so scared that they forgot that they can't swim.

I wouldn't say "on the verge of failing to qualify for the World Cup" when they have only played 2/6 games in second round of qualifier. Things can change in the other 4 games. The only nation that guarantee to be knocked out of their group is Singapore cause my nation football is even worse

@@animevsirl Unless South Korea have to drop points, but they also played 2/6 matches, and they are unlikely to let Thailand go.

the thai fa has been a mess also tbh, maybe not as much as other ones but still somewhat. im more optimistic now tho if we stick with the current gaffer, but it might be too late for the wc2026. also asia is just damn competitive also as a federation to qualify through. an aside, but i really hope singapore do us a huge favour this thursday tho

Imo, Thai football has the same major problem as their neighboring countries, like Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines and to some extent Singapore and Brunei. Their FA is filled with corrupt people with short-term visions, and yet a strong sense of rivalry but only against each other. Their main priority is not even the AFC, AFC is not important. What's important is the AFF. As long as they're still on top of their fellow AFF rivals they'll stop there. They're fine with losing to Japan 5 - 0 as long as they still win against Vietnam 1 - 0.

​​@@BeegBWolf Yeah lmao, Even in here Indonesia National Team.. Indonesia Team now is undergoes process of completely re formation and restructuration of basically everything about Indonesia Team from Basic Passing,Defending,dribbling, Stamina and agility by Shin Tae Yong since 2020...even still trophy less what every indonesian love about Shin Tae Yong is how he redefined Indonesia Style of Playing and especially, Naturalized or call up Indonesia Born-Dutch player for reforging Indonesia Team Defender especially... he literally reform Indonesia team playing style for actually played real football instead before completely error and long-ball tactic.. Shin Tae Yong strategy or aim have not even prioritized AFF Championship is on agenda.. Instead he want to achieved basic things that everyone dream : Qualified for AFC Asian Cup & Qualified for FIFA World Cup, Which he succes fully made it for Making Indonesia Qualified for AFC Asian Cup 2023 from worst position and even have only one won in four matches and qualified to round 16..He is the only manager to made indonesia Qualified since 2007 and with Qualification process from Lowest position.. And you know what.. Corrupt PSSI or biased football commentator pundits are try to shut him because "Never win AFF" And in reality, They can "Check-In" corrupt their own player with lobby under Shin Tae Yong managerial career... There is literally a whole group on Indonesia FA/PSSI try to diminished Shin Tae Yong

chess is doing pretty great too

We like chess and we are doing pretty good in chess as well .

@@meciocioall due to vishy, his brilliance cultivated modern stars

@@meciocioChess is cool and all but it's not a sport.

​@@karannsytChess was invented in India bruhhh

Agreed. I think it’s because India is still largely third world

Asian football in general is corrupt. Unfair to cast Australia alone when even South Korea and Iran do not do well.

Australia is doing alright . Reaching last 16 in the world cup of a with a population of greater Mumbai with football not even being the top 3 most popular sport

@@aishikpanja3931I think he's talking more of how domestic Aussie football has imploded.

last 16 was a fluke, grassroots and domestic football is ruined here and we might not even make it to the next world cup@@aishikpanja3931

@@rorkeslayer3925 Sure but the domestic league is finally producing young talent which could be a short term big boost.

I mean Indian field hockey team has the most number of gold medals out of any other teams in Olympics? India is also good at other single player sports like tennis, badminton, chess etc

india spends more in cricket than the next 9 ICC members combined and have won in twice out of 15 and still wont stop whining about losing the latest world cup(much like ireland in the rugby) yet australia has won the CWC 6 times. only the west indies have also won it more than once. how can cricket india spend over a billion (USD)dollars and still lose a world cup while cricket australia only spent 22(AUD) million?

There’s no sporting culture in India. They’d rather watch rather than perform

​@DNZ759 are you saying India is not underperforming? India is ranked 4th in men's hockey rankings and 9th in women's. As a nation they are incredibly bad at sport. Chess is a game, by the way. Not a sport.

genetics 💀

Another issue is China's one-child policy, which was proven so disastrous to China as the mentality of solidarity and teamwork does not exist as Chinese parents are issued of only one kid, which mean that kid has to be pushed to prove his worth. China has ended that policy a few years ago, but will it spark any change is to be seen.

That's same as in India, only people from poor background are able to pursue their dream. Kids from better background are expected to study and not "waste" their time in such sports which doesn't have a large audience and support.

Football being seen as a lower-class activity is also common in Turkey, which unlike China or India, is football-mad.

​@@footballhipster Turkey is yet another interesting case. How can a nation of so many, who care about football so much be such an underachiever? You have some interesting players now and after qualifying from a difficult group you can have a decent showing at the Euros, but in my opinion you have the potential to be a powerhouse

at least china is good at olympics

At least you made the World Cup. India never has.

You had decent performance in Arab cup though.

@@johnhonai4601 the Arab club wtf what next the black cup

Tunisia is a over achiever and punches above its weight with less then 10 million population

@@muslimcel4581 population got nothing to do with it otherwise china and india would be number one

Was it really? India did better than I really expected with holding Australia in the first half, playing decently with Uzbekistan and losing a close match against Syria; all 3 teams better than India, the first two by several magnitudes.

I watched all three Asian Cup matches in Qatar and I was utterly disappointed especially against Syria.

@@yuvrajganguly Indian attack was non existent, i still don't understand current coach's strategy

@@FireFox-ch2tu I don't want to talk about it after the Afghanistan games....

@@yuvrajganguly yeah same shit over and over again

It's hard to organise a starting 11 when living under a military dictatorship

That sparked my memory that Myanmar used to be great in Asian football

@@lordvadertheleftie9703or when there's a literal civil war going on now.

@@lordvadertheleftie9703 Argentina under a military dictatorship won the world cup

@@muslimcel4581 but Argentina had Mario Kempes. Who do Myanmar have?

So you're American. Indian is nationality not ethnicity. Have you seen north easterners. They look east asian

I believe that is true tbh. Look in UK it’s the same south Asians like Indians Pakistani etc don’t do well in football they play a lot when they are young in amateur level but never really make it professional. Some South Asians in the UK tried to bring up the racist excuse as to why they don’t do well in Football in UK it literally makes no sense. Football is that one sport in the world where if you’re good no matter your race you will make it, blacks in UK is a good example of that and also blacks and Arabs in France. Theres no excuse for south Asians I think they are not just fit for football.

What your dad said was not entirely incorrect and could apply to other Asian countries. At least for his generation. Nutrition is a real thing. It's hard to develop talents when the talents don't have the proper nutrition to fully develop physically and mentally. However, it doesn't mean that it's hopeless. Look at South Korea. The younger generations are several centimeters taller than their parents, all due to having enough quality food to eat. Kim Min-jae would not have been able to exist in pre-industrialized South Korea.

@@CuginosPizza Diet and nutrition is a smalll factor other wise the south Asians based in UK would have made it by now but even they aren’t good enough they can’t even make lower English leagues

Even cricket surpirsingly, it is super corrupt but due to infrastructure and interest we have somehow kept up

@@karannsyt included cricket also

​@261i7USA don't give "F" to boring, ugly, trash sport, Why they suck, Cricket has arrived in the usa last year 😂😂😂

It’s the infrastructure.. India is a poor country with not as much interest in it as Latin America. Plus, Latin America isn’t as poor as India. With India’s growth, infrastructure, access to coaching will improve.

​@@user-cr1iz8fw6h I think it's related to stamina and vegetarianism in wide parts of india

Lmao then why indian Muslims are not that good either..they eat non veg no problem ​@@blazer9547

lol more than 77% indians are non vegetarian @@blazer9547

The world cup is very difficult, but a continental cup is something that any country has an obligation to win once.

I don't know what country you belong. But I must say that for a very big, under developed, democratic country it is very hard to develop sports that are already not famous there. Even for a protest, you can't gather people from 3000 km apart.

India did really well in football in the 50s

we ll do somthing bro..

Ask Uruguay to play cricket let's see

Nah, they still sucks. Our boys used to play against Singapore in a fully-packed Kallang Stadium, with Singaporean roaring all the way. Now they still play against Singapore, but in an nearly-empty Jalan Besar. India never have footballing culture to begin with, Singapore had it and kill it brutally.

​@@AVietnameseWanderingAroundWait till you hear of the Unleash the Roar bollocks they're trying to pull as a pathetic attempt to qualify for the World Cup lol

@@guguy00 the good folks in Vietnam reported it. It seem that you are using the “foreign scholarship” card to make the fan chill out a little bit. And we were like, bro, we are at this stage a decade ago.

well sort it out its up to you

​@@chrisbennett6260 sure but easier said than done

@@sahtarwars8386 unless you change it nothing changes its only easier said than done when you dont do nothing to reverse course ,change it you can't blame Europeans ,rhe chinese ,indians ,Arabs its in your hands to make it happen and your hands alone ,unless you change it wont change

@@chrisbennett6260 true but again... easier said than done....it's not that simple.

@@chrisbennett6260I agree, it starts with one team

Indians don't give shit to football, They find boring watching random dudes kicking ball around and get injured in every 15 minutes, and in the end 1-1 0-0 , Cricket is India's sport and also they are going to use cricket as a weapon on geopolitics,

​@Lalll-qn5fn That's just an opinion. I find it the most exciting sport.

@Lalll-qn5fn I think you are specifically talking about test matches. But, even then test matches can be very exiting. Not, every match can be a decider based on toss, especially if it's played on a proper wicket. As Michael Vaughan said, a match played across 5 days, is just like two teams of 11 players wresting for dominance in the match not only with technique and strength, but also with wit and Strategy, and it is am unpredictable sport, as anything would happen even on the last day. Look, people tastes are different, and preferences for sports can vary immensely. I don't watch football and I neither like it, but that's just me. Billions of people watch it, so it must be exciting and fun for them. Similarly, you might find cricket boring, which is okay. But, billions of people watch it too, so they might find it exciting as well.

@Lalll-qn5fn You have made multiple mistakes in your earlier comment, too. "It is far more a pastime than a sport, with only the occasional moment of activity." --- Not, really. Do you think playing for 7-8 hours for five days consecutively is an easy task? It requires significant physical fitness and mental stamina for running between wickets, fielding for long periods, and the mental focus needed throughout the match. "For the majority of the time, it is simply thirteen objects in white standing in a field, kind of like sheepdog trials when the dog didn't show up." --- This is way too ignorant. You have completely ignored the skill involved in bowling, fielding, and strategic positioning of players. There's a lot happening on the field beyond just standing around. And, they move the position every six balls or an over across the field. "The slightest hint of light rain or even a bit too much cloud, and the players scarper off indoors for a bit more rest from standing around with their hands in their pockets." --- Nope, the umpires only stops the play when the rain completely hinders the normal gameplay. Too much cloud is actually good for swing bowling, why would the fielding side discard their advantage? "Even when there is a result, the deterioration of the pitch over five days means the result is frequently decided by little more than who wins the toss on the first day and gets the best of the conditions." --- Nope, winning the toss can be crucial, but the skilled teams can still win. And, the conditions aren't always beneficial or decisive enough that a team would win regardless. Secondly, you seem to a have a problem with game going on for 5 days, you also seem to have a problem with the match finishing early. "They really ought to stop there and save everyone a lot of boredom." --- This again is just your subjective opinion. If it was as boring as you described, why would anyone watch it?

@Lalll-qn5fn Again, "Nobody cares about cricket outside of South Asia" --- So? Humans are complex creatures , and it's impossible for everyone to love the same thing. If South Asia prefers something else, they have every right to like what they want.

99%

Because they're smart enough to know they're not talented enough to qualify anyway, so why bother following

​@@BC-th3mx exactly 😂

@@BC-th3mx true. Score line 4-0 , 3-0 .

It's because the German born players have come up through a proper footballing structure, without the fear of corruption

Aktürkoğlu is soo underrated.

I am Turkish Iranian, and the state of Turkish football is sad and pathetic specially from outside when I came to visit Turkey couple of times, I barely even saw training pitches and facilities for youth to play the sport, never mind an active youth football system. The German Turks unfortunately gave us Turks an excuse to not invest in our youth and the league only clearly cares about the score than quality or playing style

Same in Iran, except for the fact that we are AFC member not UEFA. Had we been in the UEFA, doubt we could have done well either.

You should also touch upon the subject of about 80-90 per cent of football fans in Turkey supporting three certain clubs from a certain city and its underlying reasons, as well. As a football romantic who supports his local side (in my case, Göztepe), I find this quite appalling. I can rant about this for hours.

we would have simply been a field hockey nation

Honestly how many people in the world care about cricket?

Tonnes of people all over the world care about cricket, it wouldn't have been included in the Olympics if that wasn't the case

​@@nickvickers3486A sport played by 10 countries at the highest level. Olympics is not a measure of popularity. How popular are curling, lacrosse, trampoline etc.?

@@nickvickers3486 Because of Indian population? You can say that with basketball.

Elo-based ranking is better than the system FIFA use

You are better so when you last qualified for Asia cup ?

Malaysia and Indonesia aren't necessarily better football teams than India; they have hardly even qualified for the Asia Cup.

@@yuvrajganguly Malaysia living in dream world literally qualified for Asia cup after 15 years and Indonesia accidentally beat a underperforming Vietnam side to qualify for round of 16 . The only better team from Asean is Vietnam .Thailand and India are at the same level .

That's just the usual FIFA fare, people already knew the ranking is trash just from the fact that Belgium kept getting higher spots than anything they actually ever earned, lol.

"New generation is all into football" --- I highly doubt it. It may be the case in your specific state. I don't see any difference in the new generation than the older one. Everyone is still into cricket. Though, I have seen a rising of interest in chess.

@@SRJ7798 Yeah, chess has become a huge thing. I mean I am in my 30s now and not everyone in my 20s had a Premier League club they supported. But today, every GenZ keeps a tab on their fav team in EPL.

@@takshak_dawda And, that shows. India has the highest rate of new grandmasters and international masters popping up. There has been a rise in football viewership, but still it's mostly specific to certain parts of the country. If the team plays well, the popularity might boost though.

chess is great, but its not a sport. If chess is a sport, mathematics olympiads or IITJEE should also be called sports@@SRJ7798

I appreciate your comment but you’ll do nothing football wise. The problem with India is Indians

Everyone talks about India’s potential yet so long as these backwards attitudes remain potential it will only ever be. So called “anti-nationals” are not so much a threat as are “anti-rational thinkers” to the future of India.

It has nothing to do with nationalism or being anti-national. Praful Patel is from the NCP, which doesn't believe in nationalism. The problem is corruption, not with nationalism.

Anti nationalism is an old German criticism designed to shut down any questionable actions by the government

No body is calling you ANTI NATIONAL . If you think that you are a ANTI NATIONAL then be it. Leave the country and get settled in AFGANISTAN or PAKISTAN to experience real freedom .

@@freecoder522 ☝️found the guy who is blinded with nationalism

It's an India problem not aiff. India is poor at wide variety of sports.

@@blazer9547 Who asked?

@@blazer9547 All these westerners jump into anything whenever is talked about India 🤡🤡🤡

Atleast Indonesia showed some sort of fight at this Asian cup, not commenting about China’s performance

Then again not since Uruguay won the cup in 1950 has a small nation won it. Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, France, England, Spain are not small countries.

@@stackhat8624 But the US and China have failed to win a World Cup, right? And they are far more populous than all the eight combined. Only Brazil is really populous enough to talk about whereas the remaining seven are small countries compared to Brazil.

​@@theoggunner yes, by using foreign based players

it equals a **large** talent pool, ie a large number of players to choose from. and statistically, the more players there are, the more talented ones there should be.

alfie like mohun bagan thoda thoda

why? Because they are from smaller towns? That's sort of dull.

He did a video on European cities that should have better teams given their size but I don't think Oslo featured.

@@soundscape26 - Hull should feature but then Rugby League is big there

Because there is no competition in cricket. And whole money gets pumped into it.

​@@ankitsingh4612if there's no competition, why isn't India winning wc 😂?

@@EvilKicksMoney winning a wc in cricket is a game of luck. Hardly 3-4 country play cricket which are contenders of wc. Its not lile fifa where there is 5 knock outs.

@@ankitsingh4612 106 countries play cricket and cricket is not all about hitting six and taking wicket

@@EvilKicksMoney even 150 countries play basketball too. But that does not mean competition for olympic gold is between 106 countries. USA takes it everytime because of NBA And the craze it has for basketball. Registering for a sport and being a contender for winning is altogether a different thing. Cricket has only 5 teams. And structure of tournament in such a way that it favours INDIA.

Just about a month ago india ranked no1 in all three formats. Only a second team to achieve this feat.

​​@@notanoption21still got cucked by Australia in front of 130,000 fans

Certain clubs have an average attendance of 30k spectators

20000+ people almost every match, as described in the video. The problem is actually, the treat the league as Cricket league forgetting that Cricket is less fatiguing and more club dependent sport. But as described in the video, people running the association don't know much about football, they are there for the money.

WOW, so surprisingly high 😮

It would have been beneficial for football in USA, Mexico and Canada too. Tougher World Cup qualifiers mean it's harder for them to qualify, but in a long run that would make them stronger. Of course, qualifying means money so their football federations probably won't be so keen on the idea, but I hope they make it happen

They are a different people, more related to east asians

@@blazer9547 I'm a northeastern Indian,yes our culture, language ,facial features,religion are not the same but we're still Indians

​@@blazer9547f off mate they are Indians as you and me

“Only” 50 million. That’s 2 North Koreas.

Don’t include Philippines in your topic because we don’t like football…

Rare Vietnam win. Footballing should be about identity. Unlike with the citizenship merchants of other SEA nations

Vietnam actually consider the national team the way it should be, not an immigration advertisement. We are not racist, but this is supposed to be a team that represents Vietnamese. That’s the only reason Vietnamese fan watch the national team. When that’s taken out in trade for short-term results, there’s no reason left.

I’m from Vietnam, and even though it’s sad, what you’ve just said is all true. I’m going to cut it short for you: our policy is a mixture of Bilbao-esque style and ultranationalism. However, the effect of the latter is always greater. Nationalism is super weird in Vietnam as the majority of people (myself not included) tend to overhype and overate Vietnam’s history and achievements (can’t deny that we have a great history, but not to the level that these people always brag about) and look down on other nation and people. That kind of sentiment has made it way into the mind of officials at the nation’s football governing body, who, as you said, will be very skeptical about calling up a naturalized player, since they fear a cancel movement from the public if they make such decision. Only a handful number of foreign-born players have played for the national team, and with a current squad like this one (either old, injured or too bad), I doubt that our team could make a different in the near future. I agree that preserving the national and cultural identity is important, but if it comes down to the point of “rejecting foreign influence, only accepting pure and unspoiled domestic value”, then we’ll get getting our assess beaten up by maybe Cambodia in the future.

To be fair, if the Brazilian-born player was representing the nation of Vietnam willingly (nobody put a gun to his head), then yes the Vietnamese citizens would be annoyed that he didn't sing their national anthem out of devotion to another country. They would regard him as a mercenary. I wouldn't consider this as toxic patriotism, and indeed I think that it is the player who has a misguided sense of nationalism. Show some gratitude to the country that you are using to launch your national football career.