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FC Goa players pause play during ACL 2 match against FC Istiklol to highlight ISL’s uncertainty | Football News

FC Goa players pause play during ACL 2 match against FC Istiklol to highlight ISL’s uncertainty | Football News

FC Goa players paused play during the opening seconds of their AFC Champions League Two match against FC Istiklol of Tajikistan here on Wednesday as a symbolic gesture to highlight the uncertainty in the Indian Super League (ISL). FC Goa, who are already out of reckoning for the next stage, lost the match 1-2 to end their campaign with six defeats in six games. Apart from FC Istiklol, Goa were clubbed into a group which consisted of Saudi Arabia club Al Nassr and Iraq’s Al Zawraa SC. “At the start of our AFC Champions League Two match, FC Goa’s players briefly paused active play for the opening seconds as a symbolic gesture to highlight the uncertainty currently affecting Indian football,” the Goan club said on their ‘X’ page. At the start of our AFC Champions League Two match, FC Goa’s players briefly paused active play for the opening seconds as a symbolic gesture to highlight the uncertainty currently affecting Indian football. This action was solely intended to draw attention to the broader… pic.twitter.com/sTiEgSj5KQ — FC …

Indian football in 2025: Supreme Court hearings — 16; matches played — 12; humiliation — endless | Football News

Indian football in 2025: Supreme Court hearings — 16; matches played — 12; humiliation — endless | Football News

Here’s the current status of Indian football in one brutal stat: In 2025, the Supreme Court has convened more often for the sport — 16 times and counting — than the men’s national team has played matches — 12. This explains the current freefall — administrators trying their best to cling on to plum positions, a multi-party power struggle for the top division, and the national team stranded in the wreckage. On Tuesday night, as Haiti reached the World Cup without ever playing on home turf and tiny Curaçao celebrated the unthinkable, India managed the all-too-predictable: an embarrassing loss to Bangladesh, the first in 22 years. Moving like a buffering livestream, India were so lethargic that head coach Khalid Jamil might as well have thrown the jersey to Orry and they couldn’t have played any worse. As if this isn’t a bleak enough scenario, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) got a reality check that no one is willing to put money into Indian football. Not on their terms, at least. So, the domestic game …