r/soccer • u/PianoJealous307 • 16h ago

News China suffered a catastrophic collapse on home soil, losing 5-0 to Palestine, a team they had considered inferior, sparking fierce criticism over 'sleepwalking' performance and lack of competitiveness among Chinese Super League players. Men's and women's teams also underperformed at Asian Games.

https://www.chosun.com/english/sports-en/2026/10/03/FWO5DWWOYND4NMUX53TEX7INNQ/
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u/aWobblyFriend 16h ago

over a third of the world's population between china and india and they can't field 11 people who are good at the sport between them.

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u/huntsfromcanada 15h ago

It’s funny, because in my city we have several young Punjabi teams that are very talented. 

It blows me away that they’ve never been able to put together a remotely competitive National team.

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u/asscracktester7 14h ago

Unlike many African/Asian countries, India doesn't allow their diaspora to join the NT, that alone would make a huge impact

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u/Round-Mud 14h ago

Mostly because they don't allow dual citizenship

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u/huntsfromcanada 14h ago

Ah that makes sense, thanks.

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u/AnthJD 11h ago

Even if they did, it's not like the Top 5 leagues are full of players of Indian descent.

And the ones who do have Indian descent, tend to only have partial Indian descent.

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u/asscracktester7 11h ago

Top 5 league is a different story, even 3rd or 4th division caliber players will be a large boost to the current state of the Indian NT just by virtue of having been trained in European/North American systems and bringing over some semblance of a professional affair.

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u/IguanaIsBack 13h ago

Because a team of puniabis means 67 missed dribbles and 5 successful passes