The Nonsense Of An Ultimatum To The Coach Is Uncalled For Says Former India Goalkeeper Ashish Ballal
After a couple of losses to Pakistan in the finals of the first two editions of the Games, the Indians were third-time lucky in 1966 beating their arch-rivals to claim the title for the very first time. The wait for the second gold, however, was agonizingly long, and the task was just as arduous. The architect of the Bangkok resurrection Post the 1-7 defeat to Pakistan in the Delhi Asiad followed by the ignominy of not making it to the finals of the competition for the first time in 1986 at Seoul, clearly, things were on the downward spiral for the side who had once ruled the world....