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Can the U-17 World Cup change the fate of Indian football?

The year 2017 will see India host its first FIFA event i.e. U-17 World Cup.But the big question is ,can this Event change the fate of Indian football.



Football,the most popular sport in the world, has not been able to gain that amount of popularity in India.The likes of cricket,badminton and kabaddi have overshadowed Indian football.Although people do follow the big events like FIFA World Cup ,Champion's League etc.One reason for the poor condition of  football in our country is that there has not been an outstanding performance by Indian football since the time it started.The major performances of India in world stage are

  • Indian team qualified for the 1950 World Cup.
  • Indian team finished fourth in the 1956 Olympics.
After 1960 the Indian team has not managed to do something which can unite our country or give people some reason to watch football,something which cricket does regularly and badminton has done in recent years.Another reason is that India lacks infrastructure for football.In fact this is the bigger reason for such condition.The U-17 FIFA World Cup will solve this problem to a large extent. It is because any country needs to make its infrastructure world class to organise such a big event.In recent years Indian Super League has come to the rescue of football in atleast making Indian players popular.But even after this event we are yet to see something extraordinary from Indian footballers.In fact this league faced huge losses in its opening season but the franchise owners have been generous enough to lend football their help.
Finally the All India Football Federation (AIFF) should make its goal to win this event rather than just organising this event.The task would be very difficult but there can not be any better ocassion of performing in world stage than this event.For Indian football to grow they need to give a performance similar to what the crickters did when cricket was facing the same problem i.e. something similar to winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup.I am happy to see people from all sports promoting the U-17 FIFA World Cup.The day Indian footballers win a big FIFA  event,the golden days of this wonderful sport will start.
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