India, June 12 -- With India's AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualification hanging by a thread, pressure has mounted on AIFF and national team head coach Manolo Marquez. India suffered a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Hong Kong on Tuesday and are now bottom of their qualification group.

Since India's defeat, AIFF has been slammed by former players, with Bhaichung Bhutia especially lashing out at president Kalyan Chaubey, and urging him to resign.

FC Goa CEO Ravi Puskur also joined the bandwagon and weighed in on the current situation of Indian football.

Taking to X, he wrote, "A Humble Submission: I've always stopped short of airing my frustrations publicly because it's the convenient and safer thing to do. But silence makes me part of the problem. S...