Ah, the qualifications for such grand tournaments seem very orderly on paper, with continents allotted slots and playoffs held. But I have seen our finest Punjab players, true Olympians, waiting for federation politics to settle so their papers could even be sent. The official path is clear, but the gate is sometimes rusted shut. For every village boy dreaming of the blue turf, the first qualification is often navigating a broken system, not just defeating rivals on the pitch.
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