Foreign players in Indian team?

Hints from national football team coach Stimech

Igor Stemach, the head coach of the Indian national football team, has hinted that the national football team will include foreign players of Indian descent in the future.

India suffered a humiliating 0-6 defeat to the United Arab Emirates in a recent international friendly football match in Dubai. "Rival teams like Afghanistan and Bangladesh have allowed the inclusion of foreign players. Afghanistan currently has 13 players playing in the European League for the national team. They are playing league football in Germany, Poland, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden, "he said.

"We have not given a chance to any player in the Indian Super League (ISL) who has not shown brilliance. Also due to illness, injury and poor performance we did not rely on Rahul Bheke, Ceritan Fernandez, Ashish Rai, Brandon Fernandez, Abdul Sahal, Udanta Singh and captain Sunil Chhetri. We give each player a chance to play in their favorite place, "said Stemach.

"Now we are going to give a chance to some of these newcomers for some more friendly matches in June. But I would love to see how we play against strong opponents rather than doing well against relatively simple ones. We will not judge the players by their performance in a match, "he said.