On the east coast, Dipanjan's sister Sreemayee went for her first football match with husband Sayantan and a colleague on Friday. If they are all missing one thing this Copa, it is the Calcutta football adda. "There will be a lot of traffic in the last 10-12 miles and finding a parking slot will take ages. My friends in Calcutta are saying that I am crazy, but I cannot ask my new employer to push back my joining date for a football match, can I?" Football-crazy Bengalis, from coast to coast, have been lapping up top international action in their backyard for the first time.

Source: The Telegraph June 19, 2016 21:00 UTC