Indian Football: 3 mistakes of Stephen Constantine new coach Igor Stimac should not repeat

#2 Ignoring deserving players for national team squad

Jobby Justin was repeatedly ignored by Constantine

Constantine handed debut to 49 players. He promoted and encouraged youngsters to play for the national team. Some went on to cement their places in national set-up.

These are pretty good facts, but hides the real story.

What we all know is, Lallianzuala Chhangte and Rahul Bheke was left out of the Asian Cup squad. Jobby Justin, last season’s highest Indian goal-scorer hasn’t made his debut. He got his first national team call-up on Thursday.

He didn’t explain why the likes of Sumeet Passi, Sarthak Golui or Narayan was called into the squad.

Going through his first list of probables, one can assured of the fact that Stimac is the right person for the job. But this only the first list and any coach on this earth would want to convince his employer’s by taking the right decision.

The country has so many talents on every corner. The I-League and Indian Super League clubs are trying their best to unearth them. The Croatian should call deserving players in his team. If a talented player doesn’t suit his strategy, he should simply change the strategy and think of a new one.