Kolkata, Nov 17 (PTI) Only best coaches can produce good football players and India will need to bring in legends and former players of the game to train their coaches, says German football legend Lothar Matthaus.

Matthaus said India, the world’s most populated country, cannot be in a situation where it does not play in the football World Cup while smaller countries like Cape Verde make it to the global event.

“You get good footballers only when they learn from the best coaches. India needs good coaches to produce better footballers,” Matthaus, a member of Germany's 1990 World Cup-winning team, told the media here on Sunday.

“A good teacher makes a good student. And when you have a bad teacher, or a bad professor, you don’t get good students. To start, you bring the legends, ex-players

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