ISL Final: 5 things new Indian Football team coach can learn from BFC's title triumph

#4 Understanding of Indian football scenario

Indian senior team which played the Asian Cup 2019 had three of its key players from the BFC camp.

For a manager taking up a new challenge, there is no better option than a fully-covered league, to familiarise with the conditions. The current scenario in the football map and the calibers of the players can be very well evaluated through ISL.

Taking the case of the new champions, it is evident that the players have effectively adapted to Carles Cuadrat’s Spanish tactics. The strategies which can be successfully implemented in the Indian outfit can be drafted from the ISL campaign. Indian senior team which played the Asian Cup 2019 had three of its key players from the BFC camp - Sunil Chhetri, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Udanta Singh.

Domestic players were often found with a problem of low fitness in the early seasons of the league. But, the good training conditions that were available raised the players’ standard. Similarly, a question of who after Sunil Chhetri is unanswered at the national team. One long term objective of the coming head coach would be to find out a reliable and consistent performer in attack for the Indian team.