After what’s been a tumultuous few days for Indian football fans, the decision has finally been made. Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur took to social media platform Twitter to personally deliver the good news to football fans across the country.When news initially broke out on July 16 that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) would not be allowing the Indian men’s and women’s football teams, there was a huge uproar across social media platforms, with fans (figuratively) going up in arms to protest the decision.In a letter to the IOA and the National Sporting Federations, the Ministry of Sport had stated that only teams ranked in the top eight in Asia in their respective sports would be permitted to participate at the Asian Games. This meant that neither the men’s team (18th in Asia) nor the women’s team (11th in Asia) made the cut-off to be eligible to make the trip to Hangzhou.However, with Mr Thakur’s announcement earlier today, it looks like the power of social media is real. The fans’ protests across media platforms seem to have had their impact, and football followers from across the country took to Twitter to acknowledge the same.Here are some of the best reactions:𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐘@Funny_Fellow_@kalyanchaubey @IndianFootball @narendramodi @ianuragthakur pic.twitter.com/sItbGchtBJ@kalyanchaubey @IndianFootball @narendramodi @ianuragthakur pic.twitter.com/sItbGchtBJsohom@AwaaraHoon@ianuragthakur rare, but massive W. Let's go @IndianFootball 1@ianuragthakur rare, but massive W. Let's go @IndianFootball 😭Fans aplenty thanked the sports ministry and the government, while also acknowledging just how important their own efforts were in the decision being overturned.Harshit Pareek@DepressedICTianFinally, it's a victory of me, u and all of those fans who raised their voice for the betterment of #IndianFootballTeamForAsianGamesThanks to the ministry and govt for understanding the importance of such an event#BlueTigers #IndianFootball #AsianGames2023 #Asian twitter.com/IFTWC/status/1…3Finally, it's a victory of me, u and all of those fans who raised their voice for the betterment of #IndianFootballTeamForAsianGamesThanks to the ministry and govt for understanding the importance of such an event#BlueTigers #IndianFootball #AsianGames2023 #Asian twitter.com/IFTWC/status/1…lky patyal@luckypatyal4@Dhruvdube @ianuragthakur That was the most awaited news.... @BlueTigersIndia @IndianFootball Hping for well deserved results from our women's team @kalyanchaubey sir Thankyou@asiangames2022@Dhruvdube @ianuragthakur That was the most awaited news.... @BlueTigersIndia @IndianFootball Hping for well deserved results from our women's team @kalyanchaubey sir Thankyou@asiangames2022Ashraf ✪@Ashraf_FCGFinally we did it!Indian Football team are going to participate in Asian Games 2023.Our fans hardwork paid offProud to be have this Indian Football community who worked so hard to make it possibleNow lets witness to creating Blue tigers historyJai Hind#IndianFootball122Finally we did it!Indian Football team are going to participate in Asian Games 2023.Our fans hardwork paid offProud to be have this Indian Football community who worked so hard to make it possibleNow lets witness to creating Blue tigers historyJai Hind🇮🇳#IndianFootballSandip Kuila@SANDIPKUILA007This is the power of supporters Hope they achieve something miracle in this tournament.#IndianFootballTeamForAsianGames #IndianFootball@TalkFootball_hd @THE_RanjitBajaj twitter.com/IFTWC/status/1…1This is the power of supporters 🇮🇳Hope they achieve something miracle in this tournament.#IndianFootballTeamForAsianGames #IndianFootball@TalkFootball_hd @THE_RanjitBajaj twitter.com/IFTWC/status/1…Hardik Sahani@hardiksahani17LET'S GO!!! #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/3vFAJZaayK twitter.com/ianuragthakur/…2LET'S GO!!! #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/3vFAJZaayK twitter.com/ianuragthakur/…aniket kumar@aniketkr057Ab party hoga 🥳🥳🥳#IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/0cvowKLCaX twitter.com/ianuragthakur/…Ab party hoga 🥳🥳🥳#IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/0cvowKLCaX twitter.com/ianuragthakur/…Sayan@StarkSarkar@kalyanchaubey @IndianFootball @narendramodi @ianuragthakur Credit where its due, you have done incredible work on this , we will grow more when fans and AIFF support each other, lets go !@kalyanchaubey @IndianFootball @narendramodi @ianuragthakur Credit where its due, you have done incredible work on this , we will grow more when fans and AIFF support each other, lets go !🙏💙One fan even channelled his inner Cristiano Ronaldo to celebrate what could prove to be a massive moment in Indian football.P@priteshcrsevenTeam India is going to asian Games . Siuuuuuu!!!!!!Its a victory in itself that we should recognise that everyone of us did by raising our voices . Thanks to football institution as well for believing in team India. .#IndianFootballTeamForAsianGames #indiafootball pic.twitter.com/7N5zC3wTUq51Team 🇮🇳 India is going to asian Games . Siuuuuuu!!!!!!Its a victory in itself that we should recognise that everyone of us did by raising our voices . Thanks to football institution as well for believing in team India. .#IndianFootballTeamForAsianGames #indiafootball pic.twitter.com/7N5zC3wTUqPlaymakerindia@playmakerind#indianfootball pic.twitter.com/oAPYUTNG0T twitter.com/ianuragthakur/…172#indianfootball pic.twitter.com/oAPYUTNG0T twitter.com/ianuragthakur/…Anubhav Rachit Mishra@Anubhavm34_This is the Win. Indian Football team ( Men's and Women's both ) will be participating in the Asian Games in China.Great News, Wonderful. #AsianGames2023 #AsianGames #IndianFootballTeamForAsianGamesThis is the Win. Indian Football team ( Men's and Women's both ) will be participating in the Asian Games in China.Great News, Wonderful. #AsianGames2023 #AsianGames #IndianFootballTeamForAsianGamesSunil Chhetri to lead India at the Asian GamesEven with the uncertainty surrounding the team at the Games, news broke out that national team captain Sunil Chhetri will, in fact, lead the national team in Hangzhou.A source is said to have told the PTI that Chhetri, Sandesh Jhingan and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu are set to be the three players over the age limit who will participate in the primarily U23 tournament.It will be interesting to see if the Indian men’s and women’s teams can punch above their weight and compete with the giants of Asian football at the quadrennial games.