Last night, our Indian football team won the game by defeating Kenya by 3:0. It was a great win by our Men in Blue, superbly braced by our Indian football captain Sunil Chettri. The third match of the Intercontinental Cup 2018 was held at Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai. The stadium was jam packed to cheer and to back our men in blue.
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However, ahead of the match Sunil Chettri, the captain of Indian Football team made everyone emotional when he took to social media to plead from the Indians. He posted an emotional video that made everyone feel bad for him and for the Indian football team.In his video, he requested the fans to turn out in huge numbers to support his team.
This is nothing but a small plea from me to you. Take out a little time and give me a listen. pic.twitter.com/fcOA3qPH8i
— Sunil Chhetri (@chetrisunil11) June 2, 2018
Soon, the video went viral on social media and in no time was all over the social media. From celebrities to cricketers to every other Indian, the video was shared and posted on every social media account. And fortunately, the stadium was jam packed last night to back our icons on the field.
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Ahead of the match, Shikhar Dhawan also tweeted a heartfelt post for Sunil Chettri. He took to twitter and congratulated Sunil Chettri ahead of the game against Kenya where he played his 100th International Football. With this, he also made an appeal to everyone to go watch him play at the stadium.
Here, have a look at what Shikhar Dhawan tweeted:
Congrats @chetrisunil11 on reaching the milestone of 100 caps for the country tonight. Requesting all football fans and sports fans in Mumbai to fill the stadium tonight as @IndianFootball takes on Kenya in the Intercontinental Cup. #SupportIndianFootball #Chhetri100 pic.twitter.com/BucL8wr4Ia
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) June 4, 2018
The tweet read:
“Congrats @chetrisunil11 on reaching the milestone of 100 caps for the country tonight. Requesting all football fans and sports fans in Mumbai to fill the stadium tonight as @IndianFootball takes on Kenya in the Intercontinental Cup. #SupportIndianFootball #Chhetri100″
Well, we really wish that our men in blue gets immense support and love in the upcoming matches as well. #backtheblue.
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