Coach Igor Stimac Expresses Desire to Include Overseas Citizens in Indian Football Team

Beleaguered coach Igor Stimac has dropped enough hints about his inclination to include Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) in the national football team that stands shaken after one of its biggest defeats in years.

An inexperienced India were humiliated 0-6 by UAE in an international friendly in Dubai recently.

“Sometimes I get the impression that we have too much opinion of ourselves when it comes to opponents like Afghanistan or Bangladesh,” Stimac was quoted as saying the AIFF.

A member of the Croatian team that made the semifinals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, he added, “Let me remind you that Afghanistan has allowed overseas citizen players to play for the national team. They now have 13 players coming from European leagues.