00:00The Lionel Messi Goat Tour that's been going on in our country.
00:05But my question is regarding the fan psychology.
00:09Why don't we see the same thing when our country is not qualifying for the 2027 Asian Cup?
00:18Around 75 to 80,000 audience.
00:21And it's a four-city tour, right?
00:23How much does that add up to?
00:26It was around 50 crore.
00:27This 50 crore is coming from the pockets of the so-called football fans, right?
00:35But they will never give this 50 crore for the sake of Indian football.
00:40They gave it just to get a glimpse of a foreign star, which is alright, we understand.
00:48Certain things must not obey national boundaries.
00:52But the question is, why is such adulation and such expenditure reserved only for people outside your own country?
01:0350 crores in context of Indian football is not insignificant at all.
01:09Indian soccer is totally starved of funds.
01:12But the same fans will not spend this money.
01:16Not even a fraction of this money.
01:17What does that mean?
01:19Do we really love the nation?
01:22Are we really nationalistic people?
01:27And then we say we are great patriots.
01:29The ego cannot be anything.
01:30It cannot be nationalistic.
01:31It cannot be patriotic.
01:34The ego is just a lover of its own indulgences.
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