Nepali Youth footballers fail to make hay
Following the national football team’s puny performance against Jordan in the World Cup qualifiers , football goers attention quickly shifted to the First SAFF Under-16 Championship held in Kathmandu. Vexed and fed up with the senior team’s lackadaisical performance, the local football fraternity enthusiastically looked forward to the juniors for a taste of success. It made sense because our youngsters have consistently performed in various age group competitions with considerable success for the most part. The youth teams have had quite a few success stories over the years. That said, however, there have been let-ups in their performance lately, and the road to success has gotten bumpy as it can get. Every ti...