National Coach Stephen Constantine sounded delighted but wasn't willing to read too much into it. "When I came over for my second stint, one of my tasks was to improve our FIFA Rankings . Unless Mr. Patel (AIFF President Praful Patel) and Mr. Das (AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das) allowed me to do the things and the manner I wanted it to be done, this won't have been possible ever," he stressed. "The AIFF Academies were set with a purpose and if you look at my team, there is continuity. We have introduced so many youngsters from the AIFF Youth Development setup and also from the AIFF scouting network," he maintained.

Source: Times of India October 20, 2016 09:11 UTC