India: the 'sleeping giant of world football'
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- India's national football team, led by coach Stephen Constatine, are firmly on course for bigger things - with an eye on the FIFA World Cup.
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Our Ronaldo is probably an engineer and Messi a doctor.
Aditya Sundar I think our ronaldo , messi and neymar are in cricket
Aditya Sundar 🤣🤣😂😂😂
Lol
Very true..
really really true.
I'm Brazilian and i would like to see india playing one world cup,China another giant already played in 2002.
pedro Belmont India already played and was runner up in 1964.
Dhritiraj Brahma check wiki page of Indian Football Team idiot.
Paras Kaushal there was no wc in 1964, the tournament takes place every 4 years and took place in 1962 (Brazil won) and then in 1966 (England won)
Aaland J I'm sorry it was asian games. ✌️
hopefull in 2026, will see you guys in the Mexican world cup. Our U16, u19 are one among the best in ASIA. so chances for qualifying in 8 year time makes sense.
One day We will win the Fifa world cup, remember my words 🇮🇳❤
Hmm
Why not bhai,we need the administration
@@user-cm4bw5mm6b yes
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@dnl4ever666 Thank You for your negative gross interest, We appreciate it 🙏🏼
i remember when i was little, people call us China a sleeping giant of world football. 30 years later, we sleep even deeper. lol.
Allen Li Hahahaha!!
But you guys are awesome in badminton,table tennis etc .Olympic star nation from Asia
Still you guys aren't that bad in FIFA rankings ...
Chinese have the best of facilities and support and talent
deepika sharma India has gotten awesome in badminton too girl :)
I'm Saudi and I don't undeestand why India is not strong in football
I mean India is a big country in evreything and it is not hard for you to be strong in football
and I hope to see India in someday in football world cup
good luck 🇮🇳🇸🇦
corruption and lack of support from government including the infrastructure and developing the talent.
Owen A infrustructure here is not world class for football
Owen A thanks man 😊😊
Thanks man well kudos to your country qualified for wc start was not good though
Our society's mentality, govt behaviour, are the main causes.
Waiting for the moment when more than 1.25 billion Indian football fans chanting INDIAA INDIA!!!😍😍😍😍
Lol
If we qualify, I can imagine no matter what, the world will see what Indian support is, the entire stadium will be bluem we never fail when India plays in any sport or discipline
Who's watching this in 2018? And India have taken a giant step with a ranking of 97 and in the last 16 matches they've lost only once.
Amir Rehan twice in last 17😅
Arpit Singhal lol
Arpit Singhal Yep, after yesterday's match. ;)
Three years and i am watching it !!
Wining matches in friendlies does not really tell if your team is in good shape as many countries don’t play their usual players.
India will always get defeat by national teams like Turkmenistan .
If only MS Dhoni had stayed as a goalkeeper...
Then we would have became the next buffon
Oh ya he would have been a football player
He has more striker qualities than keeper. This is not cricket , watch his match against all star fc
@@ilogicalmind3618 don't stretch it that much
@@bhawnaarora557 do u know buffon ?
Leicester can win Premier League then why India can't qualify for world cup..
leicester is in UK. UK is the country of football
LUTCHMAN Nicolas
**nods heaad from side to side: c-r-icket ! .. Kabbadi ! oh my goodness.
+LUTCHMAN Nicolas and UK gets beaten every time in cricket.. mm
Ayush Patel
Gricket :)
yea u r right and hats off to u for thinking positive.....
Football in India wasn't a shiny career few years ago, unlike cricket there wasn't big money involved nor fame. But that's all changed now. Evolution is just a matter of time.
hemanth kumar no there's no football in India and there never will be
Modi Dude you know what worlds 3rd oldest football tournament belongs to India.
India play football before Independence.
rohit rawat do you know India got democracy before UK and UK is still better than India?
Modi Dude democracy LOL we are talking about football not democracy
rohit rawat ok, I want you know that Indians like football but it requires a lot of skill and money to be the best and India will never reach there. They won't even reach the top of cricket lmfao 😂😂
The road is long, but the belief is everything, stand up for Indian football team 💗
I am coming
Me toooooo💙💙
It's a feeling, not just a game..
@@rajeevsinha7732 💙💙
This was written in the banner that west block blues made in the match against Kyrgyzstan in 2017
The words of Constantine "There are diamonds everywhere, we need to dig them... polish them." ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
don't think Indians r not interested in football, the champions league final was watched by 67 million people, and that too,when it was telecasted during midnight,
+Prasham Kumar Sorry bro. That is never gonna happen.
Shiva R it's happening bro
Shiva R it happens every damn year
Enikkum daa. i
Prasham Kumar yh 67 million out of 1.3 billion
after long time FIFA made video of INDIA...
Good luck for the future.love from Pakistan
abdaal zahid thanks bhai
abdaal zahid thanks man 🙋
👍👍
Aditya Sanjeev fuck yes I would...pakistani btw
Aditya Sanjeev Doesn't matter, it's not like they'll get far enough in life to make an impact
Now we are in AFC Cup Finals 2019. Cheers🍻
because india's best athlete's play cricket. same reason as why USA doesn't do so good, theyre best athletes play american football basketball baseball
Cricketers are not athletes lol they don't even run in cricket its a boring game
+Rohit Ramchandani If you really believe that, then you don't know what an athlete means.
+Rohit Ramchandani STFU and stop making a fool of yourself
+Rohit Ramchandani grow up machaa😂😂😂
+Cules Americano I don't think it's because of that. The problem is deeper. I thought Indians genetically lack athletic abilities but I could be wrong since there are different races in India with different levels of physical abilities and people from North-east or Punjab are known to be strong and athletic. I guess it is the training and infrastructure that we lack and let's not forget the mindset of people. Most in India have ambitions to become doctors and engineers, youths do not take up sports easily.
Cricket and Football CAN co-exist.
Stop hating on cricket -.-
Wait what the fuck is cricket
@@subhampanwar5246 world's 2nd most popular game
@@subhampanwar5246 india's religion, lol😂
@@promitmitra7052 nice joke
@@subhampanwar5246 😁😂
Day will come when 1.3 B people sounds together GOAL
I hope it come soon
Out if 1 billion people there must be 1 who will be one of the best
Matty he's probably an engineer
Lol
Sandeep Kumar lmfao haha
If you have only one player out of 11 that has some quality, how can you make it to the World Cup.
No one considers India a sleeping giant ( Netherlands in other hand is) , Just because your country population is huge doesn't make your country a sleeping giant of football.
To become one sleeping giant you need to achieve something like a final or semi final of Asian championship or actually reach a World Cup and do something , not just walk around and get smashed
surojeet chatterjee nice explanation
we should help together anv develop football!
I have high hopes for India. I'm Zaph and I give my message to all Indians specially to footballers that you can do it! With love from the Philippines
thank you 🙏🙏
Thanks Jehozaphat, we indians here support Brazil because we lost all hope of India playing in world cup or attaining 10 gold medals in Olympics in this generation. czcams.com/video/BRv-so3YRyg/video.html my village like phil.
Jehozaphat F. Castillo Thanks Brother people like you make a huge difference... Thanks for all your support... We really appreciate... Love from #India... ☺
Thanks bro i am from India.
Thank u 😊
I always love a good underdog story.
indeed
our U17 beat Italy U17 yesterday by 2-0
There's no good underdog story here believe me. There isn't even a bad one.
LOL.... Which European countries play cricket except England?
Mitanshu Baranwal Tbh out of those 105 teams only around 15 countries take cricket seriously.
Who is here after india won over kenya 2018
Joy D Saha I am 😌
Joy D Saha mee 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
Me
Me bro
Kenya isn't good...
I am Bangladeshi
I am happy to know about that my neighbour country is increasing its ability in football dramatically
I hope india will play world cup 2026 at north American innsh'Allah there dream will comes true in 2026....
48 countries will play the 2026 wc & india will be one of them😊😊😊
z😎😍
Thanks monir bhai ,
Thank you brother ❤️
😂 Bangladesh are better then Pakistan in football lol
@@jungkookbtsarmy2613 Bangladesh is better in everything than Pakistan .
With india's population there has to be a "Ronaldeep" somewhere😂😂😂
jinz0001 so you are everywhere trying to troll every Indian comment.
jinz0001 We Indians know our places. We are heading Google, Microsoft, MasterCard, Deutsche bank, PepsiCo, ....etc etc. Even CEOs and technical heads of Tesla, Nokia, Berkshire Hathaway are Indians. 50% of top U.K Cardiologists are Indians. Its an Indian world. You are just lucky to be breathing here.
jinz0001 Maybe you are just a jealous working class Brit who lost his job to an Indian Immigrant.
Pritish Gupta you are right.
Pritish Gupta lol 😂😂😂
I pretty much agree with FIFA here. We actually do have money. Our government is not willing to spend it's time and capital on the team. Even cricket, the most played sport in India, wasn't promoted at the early ages of India's independence from the British. It's just a matter of time. Once the Indian team prove themselves to the nation and the government, I'm sure we will reach great heights. 'The sleeping giants of world football' is a good title, because there is going to be one day when the world will look at us not just with respect, but with the interest and courtesy to watch The Beautiful Game.
@@zhbvenkhoReload cricket has more money in india
@@geeteshful he is talking about it's initial development in India
Watching this video in 2019 where India has thrashed Thailand 4-1 in their opening game in AFC Asian Cup❤️
Rest was history, isn't it?🙂
Now India is More Improvement in Football ..... Our U 17 team is unbeatable 😘
Too much promotion of cricket.
Rangdajied Marwein very true
India will experience an incredible growth in sports once we forget about cricket
Rangdajied Marwein why forgot cricket?
Cricket is not the problem look at America they play basketball and American Football hand in Hand. That's what we need to do. To promote eachother
Too much of cricket yes.... Bcci is feeding on indian blood... Support football guys... We already lost hockey...
the day we woke
the world will sleep
Badi badi baatein
Ayush Patel abe saale ek to mai us chutiye rusen rai ko uski aukat yaad dila rha hu . or tu ek indian ho kai mujhe hi bol rha hai. saale meine tujhe nhi, uus chutiye rusen ko reply kiya tha
+Rahul Sharma haha tumne woh 'rai' chutiye ko tag nahi kia. Isliye use aisa laga.
+Rahul Sharma oh sorry bhai ... mujhe laga tu mujhe bol rahahea .......
koi baat nahi bhai...
Love you india greetings from pakistan.
,😍😘
We will together qualify for nxt world cup
Thanks
@@yashkapure3688 💙💛
Its 2023.... We have developed a lot 🎉
India, China, Russia and USA, all big nations with little to no promising stars
oc2k13 usa now has pulisic
oc2k13 dude russia is beast they may not do good in tourneys but they have soome really good players
Lmao u just mentioned countries with good teams in Soccer xD
We've also had Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey for many years too.
May be in football but we have rulled hockey
And currently cricket
And after the emotional request from our football captain stadium was full for his next match and we defeated china and Kenya with 5-0 and 3-0
And I hope we win this intercontinental championship and we have qualified for Asia cup 2019
We defenetly will qualify for worldcup and one day we will win it too
Let me tell you guys. India will play in 2038 world cup finals.20 years from now. Hopefully I will be alive and at the stadium.
Finals?Can they even qualify round of 16.Spanish couldn't even reach the finals until their golden generation crushed Germany in 2010.India will Need decades to first sharpen their football and qualify every wc
@@alphabeta2589 I meant to qualify.
FOOTBALL IN INDIA IS GROWING SLOWLY. IT'S GREAT TO SEE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE INDIA IN FIFA.
In order for India to get better, it needs strong club football culture to identify players that go to national teams, do better in each game to improve its FIFA rankings, especially in Asia- needs to be top 10 rank and win AFC Asian Cup before it can think about the WC. Hope to see them become big soon.
Just like IPL
India to be ranked in top 100 in latest FIFA ranking on may 4th, we are improving and I believe in our national team #backtheblue
with the mizo talents and north eastern talents indian football is improving and is having improvements more and more.And im not an Indian im just saying what i see #respect
keshab shah indeed North East have the talent but are not given priviliged for it
I have friends who are real monsters when it comes to Soccer
Abhiroop das but they can't their genes have been improved for writing poetry and stories but not on thr sports devision
when it comes to sports haryana-punjab and northeast are the best , we are small in height but we live on hills which have made our lungs and legs strong where as in punjab they are strong
and other parts well there are exceptions too
Who is here after India winning intercontinental cup?
💙India🇮🇳
from 173 to 100 just in 2 years without any support what else you want
PRATIK CHAUDHARY playing against Nepal And guam
It is very good progress but Indian still lacks way behind other countries in Asia.
Its like calling Brazil as Sleeping giant of CRICKET.
nooo USA the sleeping giants of cricket and India in Football
chellappan mestri ban cricket!India are the sleeping giant of world football.
Ijju ivadayum ethi alle
Mahir Zain nammal malayalikalk football alle ellaaam..
chellappan mestri
athaa pine alathe
Wait for the day India qualifies for FIFA World Cup 👍 Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏
V R YEAH INDEED 😇😇😇😇
2026 it is.. waiting
We'll both be long dead by then.
They did qualify in 1950 but withdrew and hence never played and have never managed to qualify after that :(
Not gonna happen
The truth it that the education system in India is stopping the progress of the country (in terms of sports). The country only focuses on studies and not other aspects of life. People study just because they need a job afterwards. There is no creativity among the people. People who want to do something different are not supported. If Mbappe was Indian he would have never been on that stage of representing his country in football's biggest platform in such a young age, he would have been just another engineer in our country. The education system is trash. I'm in 10th grade and I don't have time to play because I have to give the 'board exams' which will decide my 'future'. As I belong to a middle class family of general category I have to work because I need to be in a good college to secure my future. Education system is shit which just focuses on learning. That is why a country like Island is able to qualify for the world cup with such small population and the second most populous country could not.
It's not about the education system bro. If it was about the education system then we would not have seen such great cricketers like sachin dhoni kapil etc . It's more about the mindset people will have to watch football then only what we want will happen. If we can be in cricket we can also be in football
@@rajarshinandandeka0037 Nah bro education system and the mindset of Indians towards sports is hampering our development !!
Who is here after India topped the group in AFC qualifier
Its nice to see Voldermort coaching his deatheaters.
Like Cricket , Football is rising in India..Within 2 yrs India has climbed to 97th position in rankings frm 167th position..Indian Football players Sunil Chethri has the 2nd highest goals scored after CR7..Simply the rise of Indian Football
Wtf India is playing against useless Asian teams while Ronaldo is playing against Spain, France, Germany, Italy ...
@@treki3838 for India that teams are big
@@treki3838 here we discuss why india bad in football and you talk about ronaldo. Everyone knows that he and his country is one of the best football team in world, so why you compare him with india? Lol
The giant is still sleeping 💀 ...
Yes
We are not getting the chance to play I am 15 years . I want to make my carrer in football. I am from Uttarakhand.
Go bro
Stop bloody cricket and start football in india.
Sairraj Darnal Why stop? I don't see why would you stop one sport to start another!!
I meant we have to use the funds to improve football as Cricket is not an sport it is now an industry......
Sairraj Darnal Cricket is rising in the world
Is it so???? Now you gotta mend wikipedia's page of Most popular sports.....
Sairraj Darnal sporteology.com/top-10-popular-sports-world/
India should play the WC cause they deserve to play atleast once. 🇪🇸🤝🇮🇳
Indian team qualified for AFC 2023
Indian not playing football because some people playing cricket in football ground 🤣🤣
Yes😂🥺
Dy patil stadium
Football --> Cricket
I'm an Indian & hopefully my country will play in a Fifa WC & be in top 40. Remember this comment. Love to all other playing nations from India.
India is wake but wake after not only qualified but win fifa world cup and make histry 🇮🇳❤️⚽
Read : Reliance is preparing( adopted) some 30 odds U13, U15 kids in their Mumbai facility. Kids are selected from North East, kerela, Goa and other part of country.
Coaches from Spain / Germany have been hired and preparing for really big leap !!
Nice to see FIFA covering it.....
valli 11 why not from punjab
Arsh Deep .. I have written *other parts of the country*
Two kids were selected from Amritsar their parents won't permit to send them here.
Anyways more kids are now gonna selected this year.
In Chandigarh, we have kept selection in Winters
CFCI is better
one thing u guys are a beast in Spelling Bee
ever heard of cricket?
ever heard of cricket,chess,badminton,hockey etc... etc..
+Nandhu kv n kabaddi too
+Shashanck Dixit AHAHA IM DEAD 😂
+SAMANTHA CONCESSO ?
*I LOVE ISL I SUPPORT INDIAN FOOTBALL MORE THAN CRICKET HOPE WE COULD GET TO PLAY WORLD CUP ONE DAY*
Ronaldo 81
Messi 64
Sunil Chetri 60
Top three current international footballers with highest number of Goals in their international career.
Ali Daei has more
No
Daei doesn't have more
Gaymas
Don't write the name of chettri alongside cr7 & lm10..by doing this u r insulting football and 2 of its biggest legends..
Those who are mocking India for not playing good football are unknown that India jumped from 175 ranked to 97 currently in just 2 years. India is good in Cricket. Even our local D grade team can Beat all the top football playing nation easily. But hope we can do better in football too. Because nowadays Indian people are going to stadium for our Indian Football Team. We supports them unconditionally. Without our support they reaches on a high level. Hope they will do even better with our support.
Nobody is playing Cricket ... We don't care if your D grade team can beat every other nation.
If india would actually put more money into their youths like they do with cricket they might actually be noticed World wide they have so many ppl in India talent is there it just hasn’t been discovered
Many like me wakes up with the fever of World cup. But this video created 3 years ago is well justified when India advanced to 137 from bottom 173 ranking ..And today India is 96.
I wish someone congratulate me after 2 years when India comes in top 50, as government has slowly but steadily shifted focus to football. India was Asia champions in 1950s , we have world-class stadiums, talents from Northeast , bengal, kerala,goa...Even maharashtra is coming up. We need a steady fund for the players to be focused. Inshaallah... India will qualify in 2022
We need a spanish or german coach ..
We have good players but coach...😂
We need José Mourinho
Love You Sunil Chettri From his Own Country
I'm an Indian .. but Kindly stop saying sleeping giant. I can't digest. Stop praising ourselves. Let others do it. We Indian are too narrow minded. We only loved being praise but doesn't like correction. Even in cricket and other sports, we just love ourselves being praise but hardly see accepting when rectified that's what I ve been observing.
North east India is d real hope for Indian football.
to much hype created by media for Cricket has hampered other sports of India..
Truuuu😔
Lol jinks T . People are free to choose and play . No one is stopping you to watch . We like cricket so we watch it . Cricket is not responsible for other sports downturn .
@@GurvinderSingh15 you cricket guy get out
@@Amin10XD ha ha jali kya ?
If India hopes to have a competitive team...attitudes must change in families. And up in the governmental level as well. Cricket is fantastic but I think money needs to be spent in other sports to help broaden the horizon for athletes who want to pursue a dream in something. That means their options should be open to a variety of sports (knowing they can be successful in it) not just one.
the east and northeast as well some Westsouth have shown remarkable progress, and football comes in first place in most states but there is very little or none promotion of soccer in the national level (ISL just started)
We Indians are developing we are becoming United ⚽️ We will one day qualify
@Night Mode y so salty
We support INDIAN FOOTBALL. INDIA will qualify for the 2022 world cup with their excellent performance
India's football team is actually improving. In the 2022 World Cup I have a feeling that they will qualify and in 2026 they will probably make it far. I know it seems far and stupid but I believe it will happen.
nope, will not happen.
Tushar D you are an indian...shame on you
it's not possible in the next 2 world cups, india will probably qualify after 15-20 years...
Parth Bhatnagar that's not realistic . Teams like Italy ,Holland,Chile have failed to qualify what are we in front of them
yash bhatt nothing is impossible.
“I love my india,i love my country”
Who is after India out of fifa wc 2022
Respect for India, Well done.
@FIFATV mark my words,....5years from now in 2026 we will witness India an asian gaint playing in the FIFA World Cup....💙⚽🇮🇳✨
India was referred to as 'BRAZILIANS OF ASIA' in the past.
മലയാളികള് ലൈക്കിക്കേ..
India will play FIFA WORLD CUP In Future
Utkarsh kumar Srivasrav My ass they will
Utkarsh kumar Srivasrav i hope they will if north korea can india can
If the USA can qualify from 1990-2014, India can too.
"Against *Nepool*"
Wow😂
In India, Cticket is more popular than Football. I know it well as I am an Indian. 🇮🇳😷🏏🆚️⚽️
You are right. I am also a cricket fan. 😊😇
The fact is before isl more than half of d population of India not even aware of d rules about football.they just play for fun in rainy seasons.only few tried to make carrier in it.but now situation is diff Indian super league have made difference.people started following d game and de go to stadium to watch matches wid d same intensity as de go for cricket matches.there is a hope dat India going to b d next giant of dis game.
🇮🇳🤩❤
India has potential to play world cup.but 🥺🥺
In all good time ! Looking forward to waving the 🇮🇳 at a World Cup match very soon !! We believe in you!!
Because there is no money as simple as that
But Africa too has no money mate. Isn't about money at all.
+Lesiba Murphy you're right
+Osama Bin Laden mind your buissness
no there is money in India but they need to spend it wisely on a proper league rather than spending too much on flashy Superleague where hardly 10 teams participate.
You dont need money to be good. Brazil are poor and are one of the best teams in the world. Stop making up excuses. Football isnt about tthe money
I m Indian n I love football before cricket......
Ravi Kumar Nobody gives a shit about what you like
I would say infrastructure is key to success and second thing is emphasis must be on u-12, u-14, and u-16, this would provide Indian national team some quality players which would have strong base. We can follow the same concept which bcci is following.
Proud to be an Indian who plays football.... Happy to know that there's a great future not only in cricket but football also
the sleeping giant is ranked at 137. at the world ranking... it is a long way to become a giant... but impossible is nothing, maybe in 30 years...
no longer 137 now 100th
TheGosinho, in 2020 India will rank 50th and in 2022 30th.
TheGosinho its a giant cos of the size of the country if they chose to embrace the game like the Brazilians well who knows what could happen
Hey India is now On 99th position in FiFa ranking..
Now its is 97th from 137th Lol india is improving faster than u think
When the sleeping giant woke India ruled over the world football 🤩🇮🇳
Thanks a lot for making this documentary means a lot to us indians
Love u Indian football team. Keep rising and I am sure that surely u all will bring the World Cup home
Ramayudh Mukherjee bro. First we have to be in top 50. Even messy / Ronaldo couldn't made their team to win that cup.
We are moving ahead and will qualify for wcup one day. Haters can say whatever they but we know we are changing positively when it comes to football.
one day India will become the champion⚽⚽⚽⚽
Love your sense of humour m8
kera hunxa champion
MMR 7 I think one day u will get a chance to smell💩💩💩 of indians
MMR 7 as if u never poop
In your dream
India won 1983 cricket world cup and now we are the power house of cricket... our country needs a break through in football, we will improve drastically in a few years....
india will iqualify soon as young ndian players are more promising and talented and also bcoz of developemnt and growth of isl indian clbs are improving and they will surely make our dream come true.
Kerala blasters 💪💪💪💪💪
entha malayali aano
Yeahhhhhh evde poyalum malayali 💪
Muhammed Juraige
ജയ് ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്സ്
pinnalathe......blasters kalippu theernilla alle?????????
KBfc😍
See you in 2022 FIFA world cup team India!
Now we can hope we can move forward rapidly 👏🇮🇳
It will be very kind of you and will be very much helpful for the viewers to recognise the teams if you can have some sort of guidelines, I mean the colour of the Jersey along with the name. In the world cup you were good enough to have some sort of indication along with the names of the teams. If we happened to switch on the TV a bit late, either we have to wait for a goal or for the Half Time whistle. For a person like it is hardly difficult to recognise the teams with the colour of their country flags. Today, I am happy to see the name of their country on the Jury, but this is not seen followed by all the teams.
Thank you,
- Sasi, Kerala, India
I cud have been Ronaldo of India but I am busy preparing for a govt job now.