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Sunil Chhetri, the magician who scores goals from the cup

ThoIn Indian football, Sunil Chhetri is a man who can be the savior by scoring while moving to Lviv and can lead the spectators to the stadium with one or two words if he needs to score, beat and lead from the front when he wants to win the title.

The 37-year-old striker, along with Pele, Messi and Cristiano, is no match for Indian football fans. Every year, Chhetri continues to take Indian football by storm, surpassing football legend Pele and catching up with Lionel Messi. Chhetri is like wine that grows stronger with age. A fighter who can score goals just like a magician takes a ball from a box.

Chhetri started the scoring when India won the eighth title by defeating Nepal 3-0 in the final of the SAFF Cup. Earlier in the group stage, Chhetri had scored against Nepal and Maldives. This is India’s first title under coach Igor Stimach. Chhetri has been tasked with scoring goals for India in international football for over a decade. The participants in the movement took turns, but only Chhetri remained unchanged. No one else is coming to replace him. Neither Messi’s ball nor Cristiano’s pace will break. Yet Chhetri continues to score. While it may be argued that the opponents are weak, there is also the counter-argument that the Indian team is not world-class.

There are not many people in world football who can read the direction and direction of the ball. Chhetri overcomes his other weaknesses by positioning. When a ball hits the box, the Indian captain is in the right position. With a header or a sharp shot, it will hit the target. Despite his relatively short stature, Chhetri’s collection has no shortage of header goals.

The Secunderabad goalie has led the team to the Nehru Cup, the Intercontinental Cup and the SAFF Cup. He has scored 23 goals in the last three seasons. The fact that he is 37 years old does not affect Chhetri’s performance. When there were no spectators for the 2018 Intercontinental Cup, Chhetri, who filled the 18,000 seats at the Mumbai Arena with a single video, owned the magic without the drama and the price of the sweat he shed on the field.

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