Indian football heading the right way..!

The start was not very impressing but at this moment, the Indian football team looks to be in a very good shape. Though they went down to Lebanon in the very first match, the star players like Bhaichung, Sunil Chhetri and Surkumar have proved themselves in the other matches. Bhaichung appears to be in a great form and Sunil is supporting him perfectly to help the team achieve its ‘goal’. The two has formed a magical combination and are doing the right things at right moments. The scorelines of the matches except against Lebanon have been quite impressive.

The consecutive victories of Indian team have not only shown it is now playing improved football but has also proved its consistency, which is more important. With Syria beating Lebanon, India’s playing in the final is now certain and I am sure that the team will prove itself in the grandest stage too.

India’s football has come up a long way in the recent years and I think Dave Houghton deserves full credit for that. Indian football team has seen several international coaches in the past but nobody succeeded in doing things the way Houghton is doing. Apart from coaching and guiding the footballers in the proper way Houghton has also succeeded in creating a team spirit, a unity in the team which was missing in the past. Instead of a dictator, Houghton has established an ‘advisor’ like image which has earned him respect from the players.

Improvement in the standard of club football has also been a major factor behind the rise of Indian team. Though majority of the Indian football clubs are dependent largely on feorign players, one cannot deny that their presence and skills are inspiring the local boys to upgrade themselves. They are actually learning a lot from their ‘foreigner’ team mates who are mostly from famous football playing nations like Brazil and Nigeria.

We Indians have a bad habit of loosing faith on people very quickly. Football is a game where both success and failure can come at any time. Today everyone is praising the Indian team because it’s success rate is high. But will we stay by our national team in its bad phase. Will we have our faith on Dave Houghton at times when our team will end up as the looser in matches? It’s difficult but I think it is needed. Houghton, Bhaichung, Sunil, Subrata make a great winning combination which should not be broken at any cos