A step towards Destiny

India beat Syria in a nail biting encounter to clinch the Nehru cup second time in succession. India had to wait till Sudden Death to put their hands on the trophy, but India was always ahead in the race be it Regular time, Extra time, Penalty Shoot-out or Sudden Death. Ironically it was Syria only whom India beat in the previous Nehru Cup.

But the sorry part of the whole story is that such a huge achievement for Indian Football went unnoticed! Few news websites bothered to put up a small para about the win but is that all this win is worth??? The news was reported as if Indian cricket team has defeated Zimbabwe-A in a practice match… Very Very disappointing! Can we at least bother to notice if not salute it!
How come these news web sites have enough space to report what MahendraSingh Dhoni is doing in his free time, but don’t have space more than one paragraph to report India’s football triumph .. Absurd really!
How many times does Baichung bhutia has pointed at the negligence showed by the Indian Government and the media towards Indian Football??

Nevertheless, this win should taste sweeter as India have beaten a team which is ranked 60 place above us in Fifa ranking (India: 156, Syria:96), though the gap is bound to decrease now :) . Our team also proved that the win against the same team 2 years back was not a fluke and these would definitely bring smiles back to the face of our players. But the attitude of our people needs to be changed to maintain that smile!
Lets hope the consistent performances in recent times by our Futball team will also be recognized and rewarded in future so the football players also feel special as our cricket players!