Igor Stimac SACK: India NT head Coach Igor Stimac HINTS at stepping down following AFC Asian Cup- Check

Igor Stimac SACK: Igor Stimac India Coach: Head coach of the national team, Igor Stimac, has announced that he will retire following the AFC Asian Cup, which is slated to take place in January 2024. Igor Stimac previously agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in command of the squad till the conclusion of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Sandesh Jhingan and Sunil Chhetri scored goals as India defeated Kyrgyzstan 2-0 to claim the Tri-Nation Friendly championship. This was the first cutlery that Blue Tiger had under him. Follow Indian Football Team LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN

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Igor Stimac SACK: India NT head Coach Igor Stimac HINTS at stepping down following AFC Asian Cup, ASSERTS ‘we are limited to go forward’ – Check

“No matter what the result is, for last five years we’ve made some progess (limited ones) which’ll take decades to change and to wait for decades isn’t the best option for me,” Stimac was quoted saying.

🚨 | NT coach Igor Štimac has confirmed that he’ll step down after Asian Cup 👋 ⤵️ :

“No matter what the result is, for last five years we’ve made some progess (limited ones) which’ll take decades to change and to wait for decades isn’t the best option for me,” tells @420_grams pic.twitter.com/Ocx1eyIvVP

— 90ndstoppage (@90ndstoppage) March 28, 2023

Igor Stimac made it clear that India’s decision to not allow PIO and OCI footballers was one of the factors in his intention to stand down after the Asian Cup 2024.“India wants instant results. PIO and OCI footballers can make instant results. Now we are limited to go forward. To wait couple of decades here to do something bigger and better is not good option for me.”

Igor Stimac SACK: India NT head Coach Igor Stimac HINTS at stepping down following AFC Asian Cup, ASSERTS ‘we are limited to go forward’ – Check

Igor Stimac has been in command of the Indian football team since 2019, and under his leadership, they have qualified for the AFC Asian Cup for the second time in a row. After taking over as head coach of the men’s national team in May 2019 for a two-year term, Stimac signed a third contract extension through 2022. He received a brief contract extension in 2021 that ran through September of that year.

India won the Tri-Nation Friendly trophy with a 2-0 win over Kyrgyzstan, thanks to goals from Sandesh Jhingan and Sunil Chhetri. India had previously defeated Myanmar by a 1-0 result. Sunil Chettri scored from the penalty spot in the 84th minute to double the lead and became the fifth best scorer in international football.

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Igor Stimac and India would be overjoyed to win their first international event in Manipur before of the AFC Asian Cup. The 55-year-old led the squad to its second consecutive AFC Asian Cup qualifying earlier this year, when India won Group D of the Third Round qualifiers.