India needs more competitions, more games for better future: technical director Doru

The All India Football Federation technical director Isac Doru on Monday said players in all age-groups need to be exposed to more competitions and big games for building a better future.

The technical director believes that the state units, along with their respective development officers, will be crucial in spreading the sport throughout India.

"The states covered by development officers gives us opportunity to cover a larger area and a larger number of people. This larger reach can only be capitalised upon if more competitions are held, giving the footballers across all levels more opportunities to play the game and improve themselves," said Doru.

"We need more competitions. We need more games to build a better future. I read a lot about training techniques, and this and that. But the harsh reality is that we need our footballers to play more games, to play more competitions. A larger reach will certainly help us attain that."