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Forlan, Chhetri bat for single, longer league
Echoing identical views about the need for a unified football league in the country, Mumbai City FC’s marquee player Diego Forlan and star Indian striker Sunil Chhetri wanted it to be longer too for the betterment of the country’s football.
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“I have been here for a couple of months and can see some really good and talented players like Sunil (Chhetri) and some others, who can score goals, and defenders too. About ISL – I think they need to sort it out between the other league and join everything,” said former Uruguay international and Mumbai City FC skipper Forlan at a media interaction here. “It’s good for me at my age (37) to play here for three months. But you have to see the future of the players. All leagues are played for nine or ten months. In Europe the top players play many games — around 60 games.
It’s between 40-50 games for others. “Playing for the whole year, that’s good. It will be great for everyone to play one league and play the whole year, that will be ideal scenario,” added the 2010 World Cup Golden Ball winner. Chhetri agreed to the Uruguay legend’s views on the need for a unified league. “One league is going to be good and everyone understands this. A longer league is beneficial for everyone, and a more competitive set-up. How and when they are going to do it is not with me but I am sure they are working on it,” Chhetri added.
Atletico, Blasters share spoils
Goals from Stephen Pearson and C K Vineeth meant Atletico de Kolkata and Kerala Blasters played out a 1-1 draw in their Indian Super League match here on Tuesday. Both the teams retained their third and fourth places on the table respectively and moved to 19 points from 13 matches. The visitors opened the scoring in the eighth minute when Debjit Majumder fumbled in front of the goal mouth and Vineeth had no difficulties in putting the ball into the net. Pearson then latched on to Helder Postiga’s pass and side-footed it past the Kerala Blasters’ goalkeeper to equalise.
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