India, June 11 -- It has been an extremely unhappy period in Indian men's football, with the team struggling immensely over the last 18 months. Since the beginning of 2024, India have played 16 matches and won only once, and things have reached a tipping point after a 1-0 loss to lowly Hong Kong in Tuesday's AFC Asian Cup qualifier.

Fan frustration with Marquez has increased significantly in 2025, with a string of humiliating losses in which the national team has looked absolutely toothless in front of goal. It is now three consecutive games without any goals, against fairly manageable opposition in Bangladesh, Thailand, and now Hong Kong.

With India's qualification chances for the 2027 Asia Cup now hanging by a thread, there is an expe...