Money and population is not everything in football. A good grassroot level development of football is blank in majority of Asian country.Some started it 10-15 years back & Some has just started. But for so many years Asia is producing weak footballing team in comparison to Europe or America and Africa too.You can say that Cricket has a big role here in ruining football party. Still the approach, organisations, mentality for football and in specific genes of Asia's people are not footballphilic. They are hugely talented as Supporters not as football players. Some countries had nice experience in worldcup but they has nothing in case of consistency of success. Iran, Saudi Arabia ,Japan, Korea etc are common name in WC from this biggest continent of Earth .One can only imagine in dream about a country like India (biggest prospect ) to play in WC.Asia lack strength and stamina.Even those team that cannot qualify from S . America or Europe for WC are more stronger than Asian WC Qualified teams.That is a shame.It looks like a quota system for backward class of football. Every big team looks to increase their goal difference when they face an Asian team.In Last WC 2014 Iran was exception against Argentina. Major Asian teams looks to defend with 11. Hopefully Asia will fight for their existence to be successful in WC and they will compete with Europe Africa and American continent with same speed, mentality and solidity.
Jawadprs
21
2018-02-20 11:08
The reason why football lags behind in Asia is not cause there is no talent here, but for the reason that it's existence over here is almost negligible.Asia is a cricket dominant continent.Like in Brazil there is a soccer craze as everyone from there birth watches and idiolises soccer, similarly here children look to there idols in cricket game and are driven by the motive to play like there idols.The promotion of cricket is at such a level that on a sports channel 90% times you will find cricket on your TV. Like in Brazil children is every second Street play football , here in every second Street cricket is being played.
The government is also a factor as almost all the budget alloted to the sports area goes into cricket due to which not only football but all other sports gets negligible attention.Here if you want a career in sports then your parents will only except cricket and nothing else cause there is no money and guarantee of successful future. My own brother who was an excellent goalkeeper and was selected to go to Spain to reproduce my country got denied by his parents as it required 2,50,000 Rs and they were not ready to take such a risk ,thus his career ended before even starting.
sAiNi10
16
2018-02-20 10:21
In my opinion football is not the top loving sport for the ppl there . I mean they might like other sports more than football . For example- in India ppl are crazy as hell for cricket .
You can see the difference in amount spent on both the sports .
What cricketers earn in India is far more than what footballers get .
It also lower their morale .
but now In india also the craze is increasing for soccer as a result it motivates the players .
And you can see India's ranking has improved to 100th .
it is just the example of India but other Asian countries may be facing the same situation .
6RACIESXAVI
10
2018-02-20 10:37
Cricket is one of the most influential reasons of course. It is the most popular sport in most of the Asian countries. Now people usually idealise what they admire while growing up. For the Asians almost every kid wants to be a cricketer (of course there are some exceptions) just like every Brazilian kid would want to be Ronaldinho or Pele or anyone like that. And for this obvious reason a lot of young talented cricketers are produced, which also influences the administration and most of the cricket boards. For example BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) is the richest member of ICC (International Cricket Council).
None of the Football Federation is that strong in Asia. Irregular league arrangements, low payments are some of the common problems. So the system can not extract quality players, on contrary lack of quality also influences the Asian football. It's like an endless loop in any program. But the situation is changing slightly now a days. The Chinese Super league or the Indian Super league is getting more popular lately. It's nothing compared to the Europeans of course, but still it is a progress, and we may hope for better in the future.
Pallab707
27
Money and population is not everything in football. A good grassroot level development of football is blank in majority of Asian country.Some started it 10-15 years back & Some has just started. But for so many years Asia is producing weak footballing team in comparison to Europe or America and Africa too.You can say that Cricket has a big role here in ruining football party. Still the approach, organisations, mentality for football and in specific genes of Asia's people are not footballphilic. They are hugely talented as Supporters not as football players. Some countries had nice experience in worldcup but they has nothing in case of consistency of success. Iran, Saudi Arabia ,Japan, Korea etc are common name in WC from this biggest continent of Earth .One can only imagine in dream about a country like India (biggest prospect ) to play in WC.Asia lack strength and stamina.Even those team that cannot qualify from S . America or Europe for WC are more stronger than Asian WC Qualified teams.That is a shame.It looks like a quota system for backward class of football. Every big team looks to increase their goal difference when they face an Asian team.In Last WC 2014 Iran was exception against Argentina. Major Asian teams looks to defend with 11. Hopefully Asia will fight for their existence to be successful in WC and they will compete with Europe Africa and American continent with same speed, mentality and solidity.
Jawadprs
21
The reason why football lags behind in Asia is not cause there is no talent here, but for the reason that it's existence over here is almost negligible.Asia is a cricket dominant continent.Like in Brazil there is a soccer craze as everyone from there birth watches and idiolises soccer, similarly here children look to there idols in cricket game and are driven by the motive to play like there idols.The promotion of cricket is at such a level that on a sports channel 90% times you will find cricket on your TV. Like in Brazil children is every second Street play football , here in every second Street cricket is being played. The government is also a factor as almost all the budget alloted to the sports area goes into cricket due to which not only football but all other sports gets negligible attention.Here if you want a career in sports then your parents will only except cricket and nothing else cause there is no money and guarantee of successful future. My own brother who was an excellent goalkeeper and was selected to go to Spain to reproduce my country got denied by his parents as it required 2,50,000 Rs and they were not ready to take such a risk ,thus his career ended before even starting.
sAiNi10
16
In my opinion football is not the top loving sport for the ppl there . I mean they might like other sports more than football . For example- in India ppl are crazy as hell for cricket . You can see the difference in amount spent on both the sports . What cricketers earn in India is far more than what footballers get . It also lower their morale . but now In india also the craze is increasing for soccer as a result it motivates the players . And you can see India's ranking has improved to 100th . it is just the example of India but other Asian countries may be facing the same situation .
6RACIESXAVI
10
Cricket is one of the most influential reasons of course. It is the most popular sport in most of the Asian countries. Now people usually idealise what they admire while growing up. For the Asians almost every kid wants to be a cricketer (of course there are some exceptions) just like every Brazilian kid would want to be Ronaldinho or Pele or anyone like that. And for this obvious reason a lot of young talented cricketers are produced, which also influences the administration and most of the cricket boards. For example BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) is the richest member of ICC (International Cricket Council). None of the Football Federation is that strong in Asia. Irregular league arrangements, low payments are some of the common problems. So the system can not extract quality players, on contrary lack of quality also influences the Asian football. It's like an endless loop in any program. But the situation is changing slightly now a days. The Chinese Super league or the Indian Super league is getting more popular lately. It's nothing compared to the Europeans of course, but still it is a progress, and we may hope for better in the future.