18 October,2016 08:21 AM IST | | IANS
Indian captain Sunil Chhetri has urged the nation to get behind his club Bengaluru FC as the I-League football champions host Malaysia's Johor Darul Ta'zim FC in a crucial Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup second-leg semi-final on Wednesday
Sunil Chhetri
Sunil Chhetri
Kolkata: Indian captain Sunil Chhetri has urged the nation to get behind his club Bengaluru FC as the I-League football champions host Malaysia's Johor Darul Ta'zim FC in a crucial Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup second-leg semi-final on Wednesday.
"To put it simply, this game will decide if Indian club football can write a new chapter in history or not. We're on the brink of something special and it's going to take a determined 90 minutes to set foot where no club from the country has before.
"But more importantly this is not just about Bengaluru or Karnataka, this is about India. And that is exactly why me and my teammates have been so vocal about getting the country to rally behind us," Chhetri said.
Bengaluru played out a 1-1 draw with Johor Darul Ta'zim FC in the first leg match away at Johor Bahru. They will carry an advantage of an away goal in the second leg at the Kanteerava Stadium.
"At the club level this game is up there because of what we could achieve. No club from India have been in a final, and for us - in our three years of existence - to be able to do that will be so special," he said.
