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AIFF to decide future of Manolo Marquez on June 29 at Executive Committee meeting: Kalyan Chaubey

AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey said that the future of India men’s football team coach Manolo Marquez will be decided on June 29 at the football body’s Executive Committee meeting on Friday.

“Manolo Marquez is a highly rated coach and has a good understanding of Indian football and the players. However, in the past few days, I have received several calls on whether the coach will continue or not. We have an executive committee meeting on June 29, where we will take a call on that. However,it is unrealistic to expect wins without scoring first,” said Chaubey.

Marquez replaced Igor Stimac as the Blue Tigers’ head coach, but the Spaniard has had a difficult start, failing to win even one competitive match till now.

India’s recent poor performances in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, where it suffered a 0-1 loss against Hong Kong and played a goalless draw against Bangladesh have led to calls demanding the sacking of the Spaniard.

Chaubey also said that AIFF has been in touch with various Government departments to allow OCI players to represent India.

“ The initial response has been good, but the process will take time. AIFF is trying its level best to get the benefit of OCI players. We are in touch with 33 players and we are assisting them in getting OCI cards,” added Chaubey.

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