ISL helped to grow confidence among players according Baichung Bhutia
Indian football legend, former national captain and the second-highest goalscorer for India in the international level Baichung Bhutia has been mesmerised by the Indian player's performance in Doha.
A couple of weeks ago Indian senior football team created history, they showed a good quality football to the Asian giants Qatar at their own den in the joint FIFA WorldCup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifiers, they manage to make a clean sheet, as well as they, end the game with a goalless draw.
Which certainly shows Indian football is developing, Indian football legend Baichung Bhutia believe this is happening because of Indian Super League (ISL) where Indian footballers are getting the lesson of being professional and learning how to handle pressure, which gives them confidence and growing them rapidly.
"In my opinion, the ISL has made the players more confident. I think competing with good players has definitely given them confidence and you can see that in the way they played the last two WorldCup qualifiers against Oman and Qatar." Baichung told IANS.
"What I'm trying to say is that while the ISL has definitely helped as the players are now wearing a more confident look and have much more self-belief, there are a lot of other factors too and a major one is in that is the tactical acumen that has come in with the coaches.
" these boys did well under Stephen Constantine and are now doing well under Igor Stimac. These boys are improving tactically and their style of play has also improved. All these have combined to ensure the performance that you see on the field now." Baichung Bhutia Stated.
Bhutia thinks good training which is provided by the ISL teams is helping the Indian team to grow and ISL also bringing new supporters.
"So, psychologically the players are now looking more confident. Due to ISL, the boys are now playing and training with quality players. So, that definitely helps you learn a lot more and gain experience."
A couple of weeks ago Indian senior football team created history, they showed a good quality football to the Asian giants Qatar at their own den in the joint FIFA WorldCup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifiers, they manage to make a clean sheet, as well as they, end the game with a goalless draw.
Which certainly shows Indian football is developing, Indian football legend Baichung Bhutia believe this is happening because of Indian Super League (ISL) where Indian footballers are getting the lesson of being professional and learning how to handle pressure, which gives them confidence and growing them rapidly.
"In my opinion, the ISL has made the players more confident. I think competing with good players has definitely given them confidence and you can see that in the way they played the last two WorldCup qualifiers against Oman and Qatar." Baichung told IANS.
"What I'm trying to say is that while the ISL has definitely helped as the players are now wearing a more confident look and have much more self-belief, there are a lot of other factors too and a major one is in that is the tactical acumen that has come in with the coaches.
" these boys did well under Stephen Constantine and are now doing well under Igor Stimac. These boys are improving tactically and their style of play has also improved. All these have combined to ensure the performance that you see on the field now." Baichung Bhutia Stated.
Bhutia thinks good training which is provided by the ISL teams is helping the Indian team to grow and ISL also bringing new supporters.
"So, psychologically the players are now looking more confident. Due to ISL, the boys are now playing and training with quality players. So, that definitely helps you learn a lot more and gain experience."
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