In January this year, a YouGov survey conducted on behalf of the Indian Super League club FC Goa showed that there are 160 million football fans in India. Poor performance of the men’s team, a lack of structure in the women’s game and inadequate development at the grassroots level were cited as reasons for the budget cut. Last month, FIFA temporarily banned India over third-party interference. In May this year, it was reported that the funding of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) had been slashed by 85 percent. While the video had the desired effect and led to sellout crowds, it is reflective of the state of Indian football. There’s something pitiful about the video, that one of the country’s greatest sportspersons, a man who sits third on the list of active international goal scorers, has to plead to fans to come and watch his team in the flesh. It’s a strange dichotomy best illustrated by the fact that the national men’s team captain Sunil Chhetri had to post a video through the Indian Football Team Twitter handle urging fans to attend the team’s Asian Cup qualifiers in Kolkata in June this year. So what drives the fans of a country, whose women’s side is ranked 58th and the men’s team is at 104th and has never played in a World Cup, to the world’s biggest sporting event in such big numbers? Across all non-competing countries, India had the third highest number of fans in Russia, behind only the United States and China. Strikers are basically the leading goal scorers in the game.Of the 1.8 million Qatar World Cup 2022 tickets sold across the first two phases, more than 23,500 were bought by fans in India.Īfter the first phase of ticketing, India was ranked seventh in ticket sales.Īt Russia 2018, almost 18,000 fans from India were in attendance. Their responsibility is to enter the opposing team’s area and see that they defend them when the opposing team retains the ball.įorwards − Their main aim is to score goals or to create an easy situation for their teammates to score a goal.Ĭenter Forward − The most tactful, dangerous and strong player of the game. They need to be fit and physically very strong than other players on the field as they are the players who run maximum time of the game all around the field. Midfielders − They are the link between the defenders and attackers.
They rarely move from their positions.Ĭentral Defenders − They are positioned in the center of the field and are supposed to cover the leading goal scorer of the opposition’s team.
Outside fullback − They play on the left and right flanks and see that the ball doesn’t pass over them. The goalkeeper is restricted to the rectangular penalty area which is 18 yards away from the goal and he is the only player in the game who is allowed to use his hands to stop the ball.ĭefenders − The defenders are positioned in front of the goalkeeper and their aim is to stop the opposing team from entering into their goal area. Goalkeeper − The main aim of a goalkeeper is to stop the opposing team from scoring a goal. Be it the offensive or defensive team, the player’s responsibility is to score a goal for the team and stop the opposing team from scoring a goal. Each Football team has 11 players and among these players, 1 is a goalkeeper.
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