The national game sank to unbelievable depths as the national team ended up with a wooden spoon finish at the London Olympics. This, after having missed out on qualifying for the previous edition of the Games in Beijing for the first timeu00a0in 80 years.u00a0

Even as a young side was picked on Monday following trials in Patiala, and experienced campaigners like erstwhile skipper and goalkeeper Bharat Chetri, star drag flicker Sandeep Singh, forward Tushar Khandkar, midfielders Ignace Tirkey and Gurbaj Singh were left out, Sardar said the Olympic debacle still hurt.