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sharing the pride and the shame

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The recent (humiliating, as said by some on social media) 15- 0 defeat of Qatar has left some of the football lovers in the country pointing fingers at the team- the Dragon Boys. But I don’t think the blame goes to the team or the coach or the BFF. The blame should be shared by the Government, the business organizations, the public, and the football lovers. Our government is failing to pump in resources for a better national squad. All our players are servicemen or students who have different jobs to earn their living. They play the game out of passion and not as a career. It is high time that our government pumps in resources to have a full-time national team. The players ought to be paid at least enough to sustain themselves. The business organizations in our country should be ashamed for not fulfilling their social responsibility. The business people never think of sponsoring any major football leagues or teams. I know it will be wrong to compare to a country like the UK, but at le...