NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation’s technical committee May recommend an Expansion of national team coach Igor Stimac’s contract until the playoffs of This 2023 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers at September.
Even the Croatian World Cupper’s contract is up for renewal, and having served his two-year tenure after being appointed to the top job in May 2019. The AIFF has its specialized committee to get a meeting on Friday, when they’ll go over a raft of problems, moreover Stimac’s future. “The committee was predicted on Friday and one of other problems, it’s very likely to talk about Stimac’s expansion till September,” a leading AIFF resource told PTI on Tuesday. Among the very high-profile trainers to deal with the Indian men’s national soccer team, Stimac was appointed to the top place in May 2019 to get a two-year word, also has had mixed effects because. While the group could have won a solitary match in 12 outings below the former West Ham United defender, Stimac has contributed chances to a lot of promising youngsters in the group with the liberty to express themselves in the area. “The committee can discuss and choose the contract expansion of national staff head coach Igor Stimac until the September FIFA window,” a different federation source stated. The present arrangement of Stimac, who’d coached Croatia into the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, was valid until May 15. Stimac appeared as many as 10 new faces within an international friendly against hosts UAE in March, leading to a 6-0 mauling for its Blue Tigers, only days after an astonishing stalemate with Oman at Dubai. It was a really daring move, one which amazed and shocked quite a few from the Indian soccer fraternity. Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia, nevertheless, lately endorsed Stimac to find an elongated stint in the helm of events. The Indian soccer pub is of the opinion that Stimac has performed fairly well since taking over from Stephen Constantine. The committee is also talking at length the women’s group roadmap for its AFC Women’s Asian Cup, that will be supposed to be held from January 20 to February 6, 2022. 2022 is an important season for women’s soccer in India together with all the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup additionally scheduled at the nation in October 11 to 30. Even the U-17 World Cup was likely to be hauled in 2020 but has been postponed because of this COVID-19 pandemic The AIFF has established a comprehensive plan with assistance by the Sports Ministry and Sports Authority of India in its quest to aid the women’s group qualify to its 2027 World Cup. The committee may also examine the status of specialized personnel for age-group federal teams. The Shyam Thapa-led technical committee meeting will be held through video conferencing.
