Baichung Bhutia in Mumbai on Tuesday. — PTI
With India’s continuing poor show at the international level, part of the blame has come on I-League clubs for their reluctance to release players in time for national duty. Former India football team skipper Bhaichung Bhutia stressed clubs needed to do so.
“It is in the interest of the clubs to release players for national preparatory camps. If the performance of national team improves it will invoke more interest in the game and players, which will bring in more fans and sponsors and help the game to grow,” Bhutia told this paper at the sidelines of the announcement of DHL’s official logistics and timing partnership with Indian Super League Two. DHL also announced the ‘DHL winning pass’ award per team for most assists during the tournament.
Bhutia asked fans to keep faith in the young team coached by Stephen Constantine. “Obviously the results aren’t what we want (in the AFC and World Cup 2018 qualifiers) but they put up a good fight against Iran in particular. It’s a team with a lot of youngsters after the retirement of 14-15 players, including myself. We have to give them time. There some good young players there,” he said.
The veteran striker, who was key to Constantine’s plans during his first tenure as India coach (2002-2005) and led to his return as AIFF technical committee head, came out in defence of the Englishman.
“Constantine has a new team. He needs more time with the players, “ he said.
Bhutia whose co-owned club Sikkim United is facing financial issues and running currently on a reduced scale, advised struggling clubs Pune FC and Bharat FC against shutting shop.
Mizoram, West Bengal schools in QFs
Action from a league match of the 56th Subroto Cup football sub-junior section in New Delhi on Monday.
Schools from Mizoram, West Bengal, SAI North East Centre and Jharkhand sealed their places in the quarter-finals of the sub-junior Under-14 section of the 56th Subroto Cup football tournament in the capital on Monday.
Mizoram’s Government Chawngfianga Middle School qualified for the quarter-finals after beating NSS MP Shikshya Niketan of Odisha 2-0 in the first match played at Ambedkar Stadium.
In other matches, West Bengal’s Jatragachi Pranabandana High School thrashed Government Senior Secondary School, Lakshwadeep, by a 9-0 margin while SAI NER Centre, Assam, edged past Sports Hostel of Nagaland 1-0 to go through to the last eight.
BS+2 High School of Jharkhand defeated Delhi BN NCC 5-1 to complete the last eight line-up.
The Mizoram boys, who had a superior goal average having beaten the Haryana entry 11-0 in their opening match, needed just a draw against the Odisha team,who too had won their match against Haryana.
The Shikshya Niketan boys tried hard but could not penetrate the Mizoram defence. On the other hand, the Middle School boys played to their potential. Lalrin Moses was their star striker, scoring a brace.
In the day’s other matches, Bijang Loubuk, Manipur, registered a hard-fought 1-0 victory over St Xavier’s from Chattisgarh. The boys from Chhattisgarh played well with a few chances coming their way. But solid defence from the Manipur side kept the Chhattisgarh forwards at bay. John Lalkout Sangh was the saviour for the Manipur team with his neatly placed goal early in the match. Later, Delhi’s Mamta Modern Senior Secondary School got the better of Assam’s Nakachar Higher Secondary School 4-1.
In the first set of quarter-final clashes, Jatragachi Pranabandana High School, West Bengal, face SAI Northeast Centre Assam while Government Chawngfianga Middle School of Mizoram take on Jharkhand’s BS+2 High School.
Hero ISL & AIFF concludes two-part Workshop series for Referees
Hero Indian Super League (ISL) along with All India Football Association (AIFF), on Monday, 14th September 2015 concluded the last leg of two-part workshop series for Indian referees and assistant referees for the year 2015.
The two-day workshop held at Navi Mumbai was conducted by well-known FIFA Technical Instructor Steve Bennett and had its focus on enhancing the knowledge, application and interpretation of the Laws of the Game with effective communication and teamwork, amongst the participating match officials.
A total of 22 Indian match officials, including 12 referees and 10 assistant referees attended the last leg of the workshop. In April 2015 Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) officials - Mike Riley, General Manager, PGMOL & Member FIFA Referee Committee; Ray Olivier, Training & Development Manager, PGMOL and Philip Dowd, PGMOL, Select Referee - visited India to conduct the first leg of the referees’ workshop attended by 12 referees, 13 assistant referees and 12 referee assessors. Commenting on the final leg of the workshop, Steve Bennett, FIFA Technical Instructor said, “There is no doubt the group of match officials is eager to improve and develop their skills to a higher level – their enthusiasm and commitment could not be faulted and if they continue to work in this way then the future looks very promising for Indian refereeing.
“The referees demonstrated a good understanding of the Laws and it was encouraging to see positive interaction and dialogue amongst the group while analyzing video clips,” added Bennett.
Steve Bennett discussed topics such as management of match situations, handball, new interpretation of the offside rule, dealing with confrontation/pressure situations, penalty area incidents and tactical fouls.
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