Sunil Chhetri Only Notable Face In Stimac's 18-Member Indian Football Squad For Asian Games
News 18Veteran striker Sunil Chhetri was the only notable face in the 18-member Indian squad for the Hangzhou Asian Games as All India Football Federation finally managed to stich a second-rung team, but there is still a big question mark on head coach Igor Stimac accompanying the team. Most of the clubs had shown unwillingness to release the 22 players named in the Indian squad as the Asian Games’ football competition schedule clashes with the ISL, which starts on September 21. READ: Sunil Chhetri to Lead Indian Men’s Football Team at Asian Games, No Gurpreet Singh Sandhu or Sandesh Jhingan Initially, the AIFF said through a press release that the team will comprise 17 players but later added Mohun Bagan’s Deepak Tangri in the squad. A hapless AIFF was even hoping that the ISL clubs would release any 22 players from the registered 50 for the Asian Games to allow the senior men’s team to participate in the continental showpiece.