i had not been writing for last 3 months . the reason being that when it comes to tactics its always defensive its never offensive . players are shown in positions as to how many are there in front, middle and back but there is never a question about cohesion . what matters on the football field is what you do with the football . it doesnt matters as to whether you play possession game or counter attacking game . what matters is your ability with the ball . it is always said that offense is the best form of defense. you can put the opposition on the back foot if they know your ability on the ball . football is beautiful game but what johan cryuff said is very true . playing football very simple is the most difficult thing . in the recent years football has been very defensive and i havent seen a team who when plays football that you are glued to the screen and cant miss the game for a second . there were two teams that is liked that one the barca team under frank rijkaard and another one was the 2007 man utd team who were just joy to watch . if you ask me as to what is football then let me tell you that football is a mix of physics , mathematics and human intelligence . why physics because when you pass then your mind calculates the pass where to pass and many other parameters . the most important thing is the human intelligence as to when you use the opponents momentum against him and how you outsmart him and out wit him .
now i had to talk about mouriniho and xavi .why do we practise and what is the importance of a coach . a coach is there to think of the tactics like a chess player who with second prepares for the game . they prepare for their approach as well think about the oppositions approach and think about how they will stop the opposition . they try to go through all the possible anamalies that they can think off and try to find the answer . first off mouriniho he had been at every club for alteast 2 years and more but he had never been able to create a team which had been effective and good on defense and is very effective in the final third . what do you say about xavi . he had played under raijkaard and gaurdiola and very versed with the possession game but let me tell you as coach he is lacking something . his team is struggling in the final third . they just dont know as to what to do when the ball comes in the final third . as a coach its your job to put your team in to paces as to what they should do in the final third . he is coach there for a reason to find a way and teach the team as to how they can put the ball at the back of the net . he had been poor and its time for him to step down .
india played in the asian cup and lost against australia and uzbekistan . there were some journalists who were saying that india was shown the mirror . he is talking as if india is in an elite category . no they are not . i had been critical of the current indian coach stimac and let me present to you as to why i am critical of this man . first off had stimac been this coach then he wouldnt be coming here he would be in europe or some other place on earth than in south asia . first off what has stimac brought to the team . he has brought the european organisation which is very necessary in team sports . his contribution on the defensive side of the thing had been good . he had helped the team to organise better on defense . the trouble is when we have the ball . there is a lack of cohesion on the offensive front . to be honest there are lot of things that needs to be done before we can make the leap . the team still not techinically proficient as the other teams are . just look at the physical appearance from that you can guage the work that is put out . to be very honest there is lack of ambition in the players . just look at the japenese players . nakata had the ambiition to go and play in italy( 90's belonged to italy) . the others had followed the suit . people will criticize me that japan has many a resources compared to india then look at africa ( they will point out to genetics) . we have to start somewhere and just cant be sorry for ourselves . first we have to be techincally good to execute the tactics .
there are many a things in which the team is lagging . you cannot have tactics unless you are technically efficient . let me start from the start . bharat is not a rich country and playing as a proffession is still not seen as a viable option . let me come to the national team first now when stimac took over he should had seen as to what the players are lacking and should had asked them to improve themselves . the players are not physically strong just compare them with other asian teams . he should had asked them to work on their physiques . had the seniors worked on it then it would had percoaled down below and the bottom would had started getting better by looking at their seniors . in india education is given more importance over game and we loss very good players by the time they get to class 10th . we need to have a proper scouting structure to select good players and we need to bring them to coaching centres so that will drastically improve the level of our game . there are many a things that can be done and these are a few of them .
