On Thursday in Bharat’s FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Kuwait, Sunil Chhetri dubbed the ‘Captain, Leader, Legend’ and one of the most recognizable football players in the nation’s history played his final match for the Blue Tigers.
The captain of the Bharatiya football team, Sunil Chhetri, declared last month that he was retiring from international football and that the match versus Kuwait at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium would be his final one.
As it happened, his final match for Bharat ended in defeat as Kuwait held the home team to a draw, ruining their chances of moving on to the third round of the FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament.
In his letter to the media, Chhetri thanked his friends in journalism for their support over the years, expressed regret for the short press conference, and thanked them from the bottom of his heart.
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The letter read, ‘Over the last 19 years, I’ve had the opportunity to interact with so many of you, on more than a few occasions. There were times when I had to say a lot less than I would have liked to, and others where I responded to your questions with long monologues.
‘There were the answers laced with frustration, the ones that were- much to your annoyance- non-committal, and then the press conferences that ended in a hurry. But through it all, I’d like to believe that 1 was always honest with you.
And that I always chose to have a conversation with you, even if it risked making headlines for reasons beyond those that I would have liked. I wanted to- by way of this letter and this occasion – thank you for playing the role you did in telling my story’.
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