5 things which ISL must improve for next season
The inaugral season of the Indian Super League has whizzed by and a lot has happened during its course. A decent average overall attendance with highlights such as Kerala’s fantastic support and a lukewarm response in Delhi, along with a better-than-ever camera quality of football coverage in India, have been one of the high points of the league.An excellent TRP inside India and coverage in countries like South Africa and Australia meant that the quality of the product was respectable in its first season. Before it goes into its second, we look at what must be done to take it to an even better place.
#5 More Kolkata-Madrid like tie-ups
Some time after the bids were accepted for the 8 franchises, the different owners announced their respective tie-ups with some respectable European club.
The most notable was definitely the one involving Atletico Madrid and the Kolkata franchise. Unlike others, Atletico Madrid have actively been involved with their Indian franchise and it’s been showing since the day the Atletico De Kolkata players were revealed in Vicente Caldero before the ISL started.
There has been little/negligible news of others in this aspect which hasn’t come as a shock in a country where the European club hardly do anything except trying to make headlines. Most of the tie-ups were supposed to result in technical and tactical assistance from the ‘bigger’ club but there was hardly any tangibility in terms of support.
Just like Zico set the standard in the type of the managers this league requires, Atletico Madrid has been the same in terms of the European tie-ups which would help take this newly formed league to higher standards.