The latest news is that the Indian Football Federation (IFF) has gone so far as to invest heavily in hiring an astrological guru in its quest to reach the Asian Cup finals! The move has sparked an uproar in India, even as the Indian team made it through the Asian Cup qualifiers to reach the final round of the Asian Cup next year.
A source close to the matter revealed that the Indian Football Association (IFA) had spent 16 million rupees (about 1.39 million yuan) to hire the astrologer during the 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers. The astrologer is not only an expert fortune teller, but also has the mysterious ability to "perform black magic".
The Indian Football Association (IFA) claims to have signed a contract with an astrologer to "motivate the players", who were rumored to have cast black magic on the opponents during the Asian Cup qualifiers. India, ranked 106th in the world, emerged victorious from Group D of the recently concluded Asian Cup qualifiers to reach the final round of next year's Asian Cup.
It is worth noting that this is the second time since 2019 that India has advanced to the main round of the Asia Cup, but the Indian media has questioned this: how much has the astrologer contributed to the national team's victories?
