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After the Indian football team won a record eighth SAFF Championship title on Saturday, the skipper Sunil Chhetri commended the young players for the victory.
In the last of the SAFF Championship, India crushed Nepal 3-0 as Chhetri, Suresh Singh and Sahal Abdul Samad were the goal scorers for the team in this notable game.
“Look at the youngsters it feels good for all of them. It’s all due to their hard work. We were here for 20 days till the final, staying on an island, riding the waves every day for practice sessions, and matches,” said Sunil Chhetri said in a release from AIFF.
“We made it special as we were not so good in the first two games. It was tough from there to come up and play the way we did,” he added.
After the success, Sunil Chhetri took to his Twitter handle and stated, “Didn’t start like we should have, but ended exactly how we wanted to. Proud of this bunch and the way we got things on track.”
All through the tournament, Chhetri scored five out of India’s eight goals, although, he was all recognition of the other two Indian objective getters in the last match – Suresh Singh and Sahal Abdul Samad.
“I enjoyed watching that, Sahal. Suresh, of all the things you copy from me, this is up there. Make it a habit,” he said.
Sunil Chhetri additionally equalled Lionel Messi with his 80th international strike in the last match as he opened the scoring in the second half for Blue Tigers. It was his fifth goal in as numerous excursions during this mission to finish at the top.
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