A lot of good things appear to be happening in Indian football these days.
Arsenal’s legendary coach Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s chief of global football development, was in the country recently to guide the national body AIFF. The AIFF-FIFA Talent Academy was opened in Odisha. India beat Kuwait for its first victory in 22 years in a World Cup qualifier on foreign soil. There were even talks from the national federation that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology could be introduced in the 2025-26 season of the ISL.
The progress appears to be good, but should the pace of progress be faster?