@samthesnkwman@VibhutiSrivas21@iQ03506@AjayJadeja171 Kuwait and Qatar advanced to the next stage of AFC qualifications. Yes, Kuwait got eliminated in the next stage. Nobody is claiming India would definitely make tit o the World Cup. But India got robbed the chance to be in the next stage of AFC qualifications.
@utkarsh699@rantspakistani I am not saying India will overnight become the next Ghana or Morocco. We just need to get to the level of Uzbekistan. We consistently qualified for the Asian Cup with a fully home grown team. With our diaspora, we would be consistently making the knockout stage of the Asian Cup.
@rajivnoor@rantspakistani I am not saying India will overnight turn into the next Ghana or Morocco. Our aim should be to get to the level of Uzbekistan. That would be enough to get us to a World Cup if a few things during the AFC qualification goes our way.
@utkarsh699@rantspakistani But India does not allow dual citizenship. A player of Indian ancestry born in a Western nation will surrender his birth citizenship to acquire Indian citizenship.
@rajivnoor@rantspakistani Our nearest rivals are teams like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, etc and they all have diaspora and naturalised players. If India had dual-citizenship, we would be consistently getting to the knock-out stages of the AFC Asian Cup.
@rajivnoor@rantspakistani India doesn't allow dual citizenship. It's almost impossible that a PIO player holding citizenship of a Western nation will surrender that to acquire sole Indian citizenship. With a fully home grown team we consistently qualified for the Asian Cup the last few tournaments.
We're not crying, you're crying ๐ฅน๐ฆ๐บ Socceroos winger Awer Mabil just dropped the most special message at the World Cup.
After the squad made a viral video about where they come from, the winger - who was born in a Kenyan refugee camp - explains what makes Australia 'the best country in the world': 'Many different backgrounds. One jersey.'
This is what the Socceroos are all about.
In Refugee Week, these are beautiful words from a special footballer and person.
@joybhattacharj I also feel the reason the FIH expanded the hockey World Cup is to ensure Pakistan qualifies, and surprise.....surprise....India and Pakistan somehow get drawn in the same group. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
@anubhav__tweets That Emerging Asia Cup tournament is the most bullshit tournament ever.๐
It's upto every board to themselves decide who is an "emerging" player. There is no standard rule about who is eligible.
It's like winning a Tallest Dwarf competition.๐