To say Sunil Chhetri and Lionel Messi in the same breath is more than a little odd is what the talismanic Indian striker himself felt once or twice. He was modesty personified after going past (in terms of goals scored at least) one of the modern day's greatest footballers. "Records don't matter, it doesn't matter who scores the goals. Looking at the statistics and the goal-scoring comparisons between him and them (Messi and Ronaldo), Chhetri had said last year, "It's not even fair. On the many fans that turned up to back the Indian team, he said, "The onus was on them... we expect so much from them, they have made us so used to all the support.

Source: dna January 06, 2019 17:15 UTC