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Siliguri: National Coach Wim Koevermans congratulated Sunil Chhetri for overtaking Bhaichung Bhutia and emerging as India\u2019s highest-ever goalscorer on 43 goals.<\/p>\nSiliguri: National Coach Wim Koevermans congratulated Sunil Chhetri for overtaking Bhaichung Bhutia and emerging as India\u2019s highest-ever goalscorer on 43 goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI congratulate him. He deserves it. He scored it in front of his home-crowd. It\u2019s a historic moment for Indian Football,\u201d he maintained at the post-match Press Conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw an outstanding performance by the Indian National Team. We were top of Nepal for the entire 90 minutes and the boys deserve every bit of the applause,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
His rival compatriot Jack Stefanowski admitted \u201cIndia came up with a very good performance.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
At the Dressing Room, Chhetri thanked all his teammates and the support staff for helping him reach the feat. \u201cWithout you all, this wouldn\u2019t have been possible. It\u2019s yours more than mine,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
At the Official Interaction, Chhetri quipped: \u201cBhaichung-bhai congratulated me urging me score more. I stay thankful to him. He has guided me to become what I am today.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact, I am very much grateful to Renedy Singh, Deepak Mondal, Samir Naik, Climax Lawrence, Mahesh Gawli and all for helping me during the initial phase of my career.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you reproduce all what you have done in the practice session, it feels all the more good,\u201d Chhetri maintained.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe created a lot of chances all throughout. Two even hit the post. The brand of Football was for all to see,\u201d Koevermans pronounced. \u201cIt feels nice to end the year on a high. There were some new faces who have been drafted into the squad and all of them rose to the occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking at the mixed zone, Mehtab Hossain lauded debutant Narayan Das. \u201cThe manner he played in the left-back position in his first match speaks a lot about him. He will go a long way. With him and Gurjinder Kumar both coming up with stellar performances in the position in the two matches, our defence has further been strengthened.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Siliguri: National Coach Wim Koevermans congratulated Sunil Chhetri for overtaking Bhaichung Bhutia and emerging as India\u2019s highest-ever goalscorer on 43 goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI congratulate him. He deserves it. He scored it in front of his home-crowd. It\u2019s a historic moment for Indian Football,\u201d he maintained at the post-match Press Conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw an outstanding performance by the Indian National Team. We were top of Nepal for the entire 90 minutes and the boys deserve every bit of the applause,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
His rival compatriot Jack Stefanowski admitted \u201cIndia came up with a very good performance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"\n