It was a wonderful football match yesterday between Goa and Kolkatta
and the proceedings of same displayed there were vast improvement in Indian soccer,
thanks to the induction of some non-Indian oldies who are past of their prime
though still going strong. Their presence
in this tournament in fact in reality changed the standard of Indian soccer and
also the mindset of the spectators and viewers who are glued to their TV sets
watching the games of their favourites. Besides the involvement and presence in
the Stadia of the celebrities namely Bollywood Stars, Cricketers and the
Business Magnates gave a strong booster for this tournament to further the promotion of Indian
soccer. The first step taken this season
by the organizers will surely pave the way for the better days ahead for Indian
soccer which will definitely improve vastly.
For better results the
teams in the next season must make extra efforts to rope in some of the top
footballers from Europe and South America even by spending some extra money if
there is benefit for the improvement of Indian soccer standard and I am sure
there is going to be benefit. If
necessary, FIFA’s assistance should be sought to help recruit top world class
players on loan basis for a short period to make the sleeping giant awake in
soccer.
Zico is not a God to
change things for Goa team within a very short time even though he changed the
standard of Goa team a lot as seen from the level of the game yesterday played
by the Goans. They had more possession
of the ball, they had better control of the ball, their passing was more accurate
thru the available gaps, their feinting techniques were vastly superior, their
ball control was better and their stamina was enormous. They had everything in their favour to win
this encounter except luck just as Zico’s Brazil team of 1982 World Cup trained
by that genius coach Tele Santana had everything in their favour except luck
otherwise the Italian team trained by Enzo Bearzot and dominated by the newly
resurrected Paolo Rossi would never win that crucial encounter against the
mighty Brazil when the great white Pele played an heroic role. If it was not for the two missed chances in the second half, yesterday Goa
would surely get the maximum points.
The Goan team was also
unlucky for not getting a Red Card to Fikru when he clearly head butted Goan
defender. If the American Referee was a
bit strict he would have shown Red Card to Fikru and Kolkatta would be in a weaker position thereby
Goa getting into better position to win this match. All the three goals scored
by Santos of Goa and Cavin of Kolkatta were excellent deserving highest
accolades. However, the second goal scored by the Goan boy from Cancona for
Kolkotta against his motherland Goa was more beautiful. Cavin a rejected stone by his team for earlier
matches finally turned out to be the cornerstone in yesterday match. No doubt spirited Goan team lost the match
but standard of Indian soccer won a lot.
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