FC Goa gamers paused play through the opening seconds of their AFC Champions League Two match in opposition to FC Istiklol of Tajikistan right here on Wednesday as a symbolic gesture to spotlight the uncertainty within the Indian Tremendous League (ISL).
FC Goa, who’re already out of reckoning for the subsequent stage, misplaced the match 1-2 to finish their marketing campaign with six defeats in six video games. Other than FC Istiklol, Goa had been clubbed into a bunch which consisted of Saudi Arabia membership Al Nassr and Iraq’s Al Zawraa SC.
“In the beginning of our AFC Champions League Two match, FC Goa’s gamers briefly paused lively play for the opening seconds as a symbolic gesture to spotlight the uncertainty at present affecting Indian soccer,” the Goan membership stated on their ‘X’ web page.
In the beginning of our AFC Champions League Two match, FC Goa’s gamers briefly paused lively play for the opening seconds as a symbolic gesture to spotlight the uncertainty at present affecting Indian soccer.
This motion was solely supposed to attract consideration to the broader… pic.twitter.com/sTiEgSj5KQ
— FC Goa (@FCGoaOfficial) December 24, 2025
“This motion was solely supposed to attract consideration to the broader challenges dealing with the home soccer ecosystem. It was not directed at our opponents FC Istiklol, the AFC, or the AFC Champions League Two, all of whom we respect enormously.
“The gesture carried no aspect of protest in opposition to the competitors or its stakeholders and was made in good religion, with none intent to trigger offence or disruption,” the assertion on their X deal with learn.
Indian home soccer plunged into chaos after FSDL — the organisers of the ISL — knowledgeable the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) in July that it was maintaining the nation’s top-tier league on maintain because of a scarcity of readability over the renewal of the 15-year Grasp Rights Settlement (MRA) which ended on December 8.
Beneath the supervision of a Supreme Courtroom-appointed committee, a young was floated for ISL’s business rights however there was no taker.
On December 20, a proposal from 10 ISL golf equipment for “perpetual” operational and business possession of the nation’s top-tier competitors did not get the approval of the AIFF’s Basic Physique, which fashioned a committee to look into the matter.