India had great glory in football in the 1950s and one of Indian football’s greatest moments was when India defeated the host Australia 4-2 in Melbourne in 1956 at the Olympics.
Powered by Neville D’Souza’s hattrick which is the first by any Asian in the Olympics, India achieved this feat.
When the Indian Football Team posted this nostalgic post on X (erstwhile Twitter), football lovers from India commented with their mixed emotions with some fans getting too emotional and some fans blaming politics for the decline of the Indian football.