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That Moment When #Viraat Congratulated #Chhetri for SAFF Success on Twitter!

Indian sports had quite a moment recently, when the daring son of Indian cricket (read Virat Kohli) sent a special message to ace Indian football player – Sunil Chhetri. This message came after the latter was rejoicing after the SAFF cup victory. Kohli, has a keen interest in football as he is a fan of Real Madrid in La Liga and also co-owns the Goa franchise in the Indian Super League (ISL). Virat wished the team and especially Sunil for the extra time goal that he scored, taking his team through the doors of victory. This is a wonderful development in the sports fraternity. Football which has always been India’s latent strength in Sports hadn’t managed to get the kind of attention that cricket has garnered over the years. With the involvement of stars, it seems, the game has started to receive its share of attention from all corners of the country and the world. Big names of world football, can now be seen on Indian fields, thanks to the ISL.

“ Congratulations Team India for lifting the SAFF Cup for the seventh time . That extra time winner from @chetrisunil11 was mindblowing ! #INDvAFG”

Virat’s tweet The victory of the SAFF cup has now become a practice for the Indian football team as it lifted the trophy for the seventh time now. Striker, Chhetri’s extra time goal received accolades from all across the football fraternity in India. Chhetri, too tweeted back to Virat’s tweet which read:

“Thank you skipper, I’m certain our boys won’t need any extra time to get the job done in Australia . All the very best.”

The joy of the Indian team against the Afghans was well deserved and well earned. The victory saw the Indian footballers celebrating and partying till the early hours of the morning at their team hotel. The biggest victory was against the critics, who raised their voices against the incapabilities of the team for quite some time now. It received its highest flak, especially when it in the world cup qualifiers owing to their poor show. This comeback by beating the formidable Afghans has not only made people elated but also instilled new confidence of reaching new heights among the team and its fans. Sunil Chhetri especially was the talk of the town as he crossed a milestone of scoring 50 goals. However, the striker credited the win to the entire team’s performance. He was quoted as saying that:

“It was a team effort . All credit should go to the coach , support staff , groundsmen and management who helped us in achieving this success . ”

Pritam Kotal who was adjudged the player of the year after Mohun Bagan won the I League was immensely excited and said that both he wins evoked special feelings in him but the win at SAFF for the country was more special. The Indian coach Stephen Constantine was also elated. He has gone for a leave to the United States and will be joining the team soon for their next challenge.