2023-08-19 20:30:00
Kannur: The Indian football team needs to become one of the top 10 teams in Asia. Bahmanand, the old Goan star who was waiting for the Indian goal, did not have to think at all. The answer was to the question of whether it is your dream to see the Indian team kicking the ball in the world cup football. He had come to Kannur to attend a private function. His old friend and friend Victor Manjila was also there.
Footballers do not have the financial benefits of cricketers. Saluting the Cricket Association for that. Many of the football stars, including the captains who once rocked the galleries, suffered financially at the end of their lives. There are still those who are suffering from financial stress. There is no official system to look following welfare matters. No help from government or any agencies. Brahmanand said that the government should introduce monthly pension for those who have served the country.
Victor Manjila received Brahmanand when he reached Kannur. In the Santosh Trophy in 1973, when Victor was keeping goal for Kerala, Brahmanand was standing six feet under the goal post of the Goan team. Both of them met that day. That acquaintance blossomed into friendship when he joined the national team in 1977. In the same year, the two were also present at the Presidential Cup held in South Korea, the King’s Cup held in Bangkok and the Zambian Soccer Tournament.
District level teams are required
The Indian team needs the experience of competing once morest the best teams outside the country. In order for professional clubs to grow further in Kerala, district level teams should be formed first. Brahmanand had come to participate in the wedding ceremony of the daughter of footballer Suman, a native of Kannur. Suman, who was the Calicut University captain and Titanium star, met in Dubai. There, Brahmanand was a coach in the football academy run by Suman. Brahmanand said that the first time he stepped on the field as the Indian captain was in the Nehru Cup held in Kochi. Brahmanand, who was the goalkeeper of the Goan club Salgokar for 17 years, is now resting in the country.
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