I-India ike yadlala eNdebeni yoMhlaba futhi iwine iNdebe Yomhlaba yekhilikithi futhi yaba ngumpetha womhlaba weHockey! Hhayi-ke, manje ake sizimisele futhi sikhulume ngokuthi kungani i-India ingaphumelelanga kwindebe yomhlaba yebhola.
I-India yawina ngempela ithikithi lokuya kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-1950, kodwa iqiniso lokuthi amaNdiya ayedlala engagqokanga zicathulo ngaleso sikhathi, okwase kunesikhathi eside kwavalwa yiFIFA, kanye nokuntuleka kwemali yangaphandle ngaleso sikhathi, kanye nesidingo sokuwela ulwandle ngesikebhe ukuya eBrazil, kwabangela ukuthi iqembu lamaNdiya likuyeke ukuhlungela iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-1950, okwakungabalulekile ngesikhathi se-Indian Federation (IFF). Kodwa ibhola laseNdiya ngaleso sikhathi laliqinile impela, ngo-1951, iMidlalo Yase-Asia eNew Delhi yahlula i-Iran ngo 1-0 ukunqoba isicoco sebhola lezinyawo zabesilisa - umdlalo wasekhaya awuhloniphi? Ngo-1962, i-India eJakarta 2-1 yahlula iSouth Korea ukunqoba i-Asian Games Championship. 1956, i-India nayo emidlalweni yama-Olympics kwaba yiqembu lokuqala lase-Asia ukuya kowamanqamu e-India.
I-Indian Football Association (IFA) ivuleleke kakhulu kuneChinese Football Association (CFA), eyaqasha umqeqeshi wangaphandle ngo-1963 futhi kuze kube manje isiqashe osomaqhinga abangu-10, okuhlanganisa noHorton, oseke waba umqeqeshi weqembu lesizwe laseShayina, futhi osephathe iqembu laseNdiya iminyaka emihlanu (2006-2011), isikhathi eside kunawo wonke ephethe idiploma yebhola lezinyawo laseNdiya isikhathi eside kakhulu.
I-Indian Football Federation (IFF) izibekele umgomo wokufinyelela esigabeni sokugcina seNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-2022. Umgomo we-Indian League, wukudlula i-Chinese Super League - ngo-2014, u-Anelka wayejoyine i-FC Mumbai City, uPiero wajoyina i-Delhi Dynamo, uPire, uTrezeguet no-Yong Berry kanti ezinye izihlabani ziphinde zadlala ku-Indian Premier League umgadli we-Indian Premier League, i-Indian Premier League, i-Indian Premier League. I-Kerala Blasters, ehlobo lalo nyaka. Kodwa sekukonke, iligi yaseNdiya isesezingeni eliphansi kakhulu, futhi amaNdiya nawo athanda ikhilikithi kunobhutshuzwayo, ngakho iligi yaseNdiya ayikwazi ukuheha abaxhasi.
AmaNgisi enza i-India ikoloni iminyaka eminingi futhi ahamba nebhola eliyintandokazi emhlabeni lapho ephuma, mhlawumbe ngoba ayengacabangi ukuthi lo mdlalo ulungele iNdiya. Mhlawumbe amaNdiya anamahloni kakhulu ukudlala imidlalo yebhola ngaphandle kwenduku yokuwasekela ……
Inganekwane Ye-Barefoot
Enkathini lapho i-India yayilwela inkululeko yayo futhi iduba izimpahla ezenziwe ngamaNgisi, abadlali baseNdiya ababedlala bengafake zicathulo babezokwenza ubuzwe bamaNdiya buphakame nakakhulu uma bekwazi ukushaya amaNgisi enkundleni, ngakho-ke iningi labadlali baseNdiya lagcina umkhuba wokudlala lingafake zicathulo. Yize abadlali baseNdiya bebengajwayele ukugqoka amateku kwaze kwaba ngu-1952 kodwa bekumele bawagqoke enkundleni uma lina ukuze kunciphe ukuwa.
Iqembu laseNdiya, elazama ukuzimela ngo-1947 kuphela futhi labamba iqhaza kuma-Olympics aseLondon ngo-1948 njengeqembu elisha ngokuphelele ebholeni lamazwe ngamazwe, lashaywa yiFrance ngo 2-1 emzuliswaneni wokuqala walo mqhudelwano, kodwa abadlali abayisishiyagalombili kwabayishumi nanye ababekhona enkundleni bebedlala ngaphandle kwezicathulo. Njengoba uMbuso WaseBrithani ufanelekile, iNdiya yazuza izinhliziyo nezingqondo zesixuku samaNgisi ngokusebenza kwayo okuhle kakhulu futhi yaba nekusasa eliqhakazile phambi kwabo.
Umqhudelwano wezinxushunxushu
Umhlaba udonsa kanzima ukuze ululame ngemva kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, embi kakhulu emlandweni wesintu. I-Europe eyayibhidlika yayingeke isakwazi ukusingatha iNdebe Yomhlaba, ngakho iBrazil yaqokwa njengendawo yokusingatha lo mqhudelwano ngo-1950, iFIFA yaklomelisa i-AFC ngesinye sezindawo ezingu-16, kwathi abase-Asia ababehlungela iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-1950, eyayihlanganisa iPhilippines, Burma, Indonesia ne-India, bawushiya umqhudelwano ungakaqali ngisho nokushoda. Nokho ngenxa yokushoda kwezimali, iPhilippines, Myanmar ne-Indonesia balahlekelwe yimidlalo yabo ngaphambi kokuthi imidlalo yokuhlunga idlalwe. I-India ibe nenhlanhla yokungena kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ingadlali nowodwa umdlalo wokuhlungela.
Ngenxa yokungabikho kwenqwaba yamaqembu aseYurophu ngezizathu ezahlukahlukene, nokwenqaba kwe-Argentina ukubamba iqhaza. Ukuze kube namaqembu angu-16 azogwema iNdebe Yomhlaba ehlazisayo, iBrazil, njengosokhaya, kudingeke ukuthi idonse amaqembu avela kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Melika, kanti amaqembu ajwayelekile aseBolivia naseParaguay awazange aphumelele kulo mqhudelwano.
Ukuhluleka ukuza emqhudelwaneni
Ibekwe kuGroup 3 ne-Italy, Sweden neParaguay, i-India ihlulekile wukungena kulo mqhudelwano ngezizathu ezahlukene, iphuthwa yithuba layo lokukhombisa ngobukhosi bayo eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
Yize kuke kwaba namahlebezi okuthi iFIFA ayizange ilivumele iqembu lamaNdiya ukuthi lidlale lingafakile izicathulo kulo mqhudelwano, iqembu lamaNdiya liyazisola ngokungakwazi ukubamba iqhaza kulo mqhudelwano. Kodwa iqiniso wukuthi imithetho eqondile yeFIFA mayelana nempahla yabadlali abaya enkundleni ayizange yenziwe ibe semthethweni kwaze kwaba ngu-1953.
Umlando wangempela, mhlawumbe, owokuthi i-All India Football Federation (AIFF) yangaleso sikhathi ayizange ikwazi ukuzisiza ngezindleko ezinkulu ezilinganiselwa ku-Rs 100,000 crore, nokuthi ukuhamba amakhilomitha angaba ngu-15,000 ukuya eBrazil kwiNdebe Yomhlaba, okwakungabalulekile kangako kunama-Olympics, kwabonwa yizikhulu zaseNdiya ezikhohlakele neziyisiphukuphuku njengokusetshenziselwa ukukhwabanisa nokungadingeki ngokuphelele. Ngakho-ke nakuba izinhlangano zebhola ezifundazweni zaseNdiya bezixhasa ngezimali iqembu laseNdiya izindleko zokubamba iqhaza futhi i-FIFA yenza isinqumo esinzima sokukhokhela izindleko zokubamba iqhaza kweqembu laseNdiya, ngenxa yokubambezeleka kolwazi ngenxa yokungaxhumani kahle nokungabi nentshisekelo yokubamba iqhaza kwiNdebe Yomhlaba, i-All India Football Federation yakhetha ukucambalala yathumela ucingo ku-FIFA World Cup izinsuku ezingu-1950 ngaphambi kokukhishwa kweNdebe Yomhlaba. Ukungabi nesikhathi esanele sokulungiselela, ukubambezeleka kokuxhumana, nobunzima ekukhetheni abadlali kwenze iphutha elikhulu emlandweni webhola laseNdiya ukumemezela ukuthi ngeke libambe iqhaza eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
INdebe Yomhlaba yeFIFA ka-1950 eBrazil yagcina inamaqembu angu-13 kuphela, ajoyina iNdebe Yomhlaba yeFIFA ka-1930 e-Uruguay njengeNdebe Yomhlaba enamaqembu ambalwa kakhulu emlandweni. Bekuyisigaba esidingekile ukuthi iNdebe Yomhlaba edonsa kanzima ithuthuke esikhathini lapho iNdebe yoMhlaba ingakabi yinto ekhathaza umhlaba wonke futhi yadonsa amehlo emazweni ahlukene.
Ibhalwe ekugcineni
I-FIFA ebedinwe igane unwabu yavala i-India ukuthi ingenele iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-1954 ngenxa yesimemezelo sayo somzuzu wokugcina sokuthi ngeke ibambe iqhaza kwiNdebe Yomhlaba ka-1950. Iqembu lamaNdiya, elaligqamile futhi elinye lamaqembu aphambili ebholeni lase-Asia ngaleso sikhathi, alizange lilithole ithuba lokudlala eNdebeni yoMhlaba. Ngalezo zinsuku, lapho kwakungekho irekhodi elibonakalayo, amandla e-Barefoot Continentals angachazwa kuphela kuma-akhawunti abantu abathintekayo. Njengoba u-Sailen Manna, umgadli webhola waseNdiya oyinganekwane okwakufanele adlale njengokapteni wase-India enkundleni yeNdebe Yomhlaba ka-1950, esho engxoxweni abenayo ne-Sports Illustrated, 'Ibhola laseNdiya belizoba sezingeni elihlukile ukube siluqale lolu hambo.'
Ibhola laseNdiya, elaphuthelwa ngokudabukisayo ithuba lokuthuthuka, belilokhu lihlehla njalo eminyakeni eyalandela. Izwe, isibalo salo sonke esasizifela ngomdlalo wekhilikithi, lase licishe lakhohlwa ubukhulu elake lazuza kulo ebholeni lase likwazi ukulwela isithunzi sesizwe esikhulu kuphela ku-Earth derby neChina.
Ukuhluleka ukuba yiqembu lokuqala lase-Asia elingene eNdebeni yoMhlaba njengesizwe esizimele, nokuhluleka ukushaya igoli lokuqala leqembu lase-Asia eNdebeni yoMhlaba, kube ukuzisola okukhulu emlandweni webhola laseNdiya.
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