Three reasons that led to downfall of Indian football team coach Igor Stimac

After an abysmal run in the AFC Asian Cup and then the World Cup qualifiers, AIFF have decided to part ways with the Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac. The coach was already in troubled water for some time.

Now it seems he missed his last chance on making good on his promises. There are a few reasons that led to his downfall even though he was a fan favourite for some time.

AFC Asian Cup performance

India's AFC Asian Cup campaign this year was the worst in their history. It's true that the coach demanded at least a one-month camp for the tournament while he got 15 days. However, it's still hard to explain why Indian couldn't even score a single goal throughout the tournament, let alone win a single match.

World Cup qualifiers performance

This time was going to be the record-breaking one for India in the World Cup qualifiers. With Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Qatar in their group, a history-making progression to the third round was expected. However, they fumbled both matches against Afghanistan and one against Kuwait which ended journey for the Blue Tigers.

Unkept promises

After a disastrous AFC Asian Cup campaign, fans and AIFF were not happy with the coach but Igor Stimac promised to take India to the third round of the World Cup qualifiers. He even said he would quit as the head coach of he couldn't keep his promise. Ultimately, he couldn't keep true to his promise and turned back on his words. That became his story in recent times.

He's been the team's coach for five years and he gradually became a fan favourite. However, after so long, he had an impressive squad on his hand and good players for every position. For some, he even had more than one good player but Stimac majorly missed the opportunity to use them properly and get results.