In the midst of the India-England series, and Chak De's success leading to the resurgence of an interest in hockey, one interesting event almost went by unnoticed - a young, excited, talented Indian football team had a dream run in the Asia Cup, piping Syria 1-0 in the finals to lift the cup, for the first time after 12 unsuccessful tries.
I am not a football fan really, and I do not watch too much action in the sport, but I did see some snippets from various matches on Doordarshan, and I was pretty impressed.
Driven by new coach Bob Houghton, and inspired by the ever-youthful Baichung Bhutia, youngsters like goalie Subrato Paul, Sunil Chhetri and NP Pradeep, are definitely giving football crazy fans in Kerela,, Bengal, and Goa, a lot to look forward to in the coming months...
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