"Soccer is a hope" that is what one of my most loved friend says :)
It was my friend Sayantan Basu's much awaited day i.e Mohun Bagan Vs HAL , Soccer match @ Bangalore. Since he came down to bangalore for education and so missed all the football action back home(West Bengal) this was like an oasis to supress his football thirst :)
We friends (Neha, Rohit,Ravi&Me) have heard a lot about the team Mohun Bagan from him and how a simple word against the team can get u into trouble :P and a soccer ignorant like me had to think twice :) We friends stand united in all we do and so did we share this "Mohun Bagan Soccer Team Fan " Tag :)
Me and Rohit were Bengalurians and was odd to be not supporting HAL, our home team(bengaluru) and instead cheer for Kolkata :P still we somehow liked the smile on our friends face when we did that and thats all we wanted :)
The game was a thrilling experience and ofcourse,Mohun Bagan won the match (4-2)!!! All 4 goals where scored in the 2nd half session and so you can imagine the anxiety,excitement,screams and not to forget the slangs :P Also, Neha was left with no nails on her fingers :P
However, i was surprised to hear the prize money announced for the man of match. It was Rs 5000 !!! Common a substitute player from indian cricket team will spend this on tips at hotels. But why is this differentiation ,is football not a real sport or the reason is that there is no real money involved yet! Hardly any of us know that India won the SAFF championship - 2011 and instead i saw war of posts on facebook by sachin , Rahul & Sehwag's Fans which was rediculous.The news channels were busy trying to figure out who is god now ...sachin or sehwag or Sri Rama or Allah or baba ramdev or puttaparti saibaba..its heights !!!
But my question is , who is to be blamed for today's unfortunate fate of Indian football, hockey,Kabbadi players??? and the fortunate fate of indian cricket team ????
We, the public? They, the government, sponsors,Media???
And the answer is "ALL"!!
It was my friend Sayantan Basu's much awaited day i.e Mohun Bagan Vs HAL , Soccer match @ Bangalore. Since he came down to bangalore for education and so missed all the football action back home(West Bengal) this was like an oasis to supress his football thirst :)
We friends (Neha, Rohit,Ravi&Me) have heard a lot about the team Mohun Bagan from him and how a simple word against the team can get u into trouble :P and a soccer ignorant like me had to think twice :) We friends stand united in all we do and so did we share this "Mohun Bagan Soccer Team Fan " Tag :)
Me and Rohit were Bengalurians and was odd to be not supporting HAL, our home team(bengaluru) and instead cheer for Kolkata :P still we somehow liked the smile on our friends face when we did that and thats all we wanted :)
The game was a thrilling experience and ofcourse,Mohun Bagan won the match (4-2)!!! All 4 goals where scored in the 2nd half session and so you can imagine the anxiety,excitement,screams and not to forget the slangs :P Also, Neha was left with no nails on her fingers :P
However, i was surprised to hear the prize money announced for the man of match. It was Rs 5000 !!! Common a substitute player from indian cricket team will spend this on tips at hotels. But why is this differentiation ,is football not a real sport or the reason is that there is no real money involved yet! Hardly any of us know that India won the SAFF championship - 2011 and instead i saw war of posts on facebook by sachin , Rahul & Sehwag's Fans which was rediculous.The news channels were busy trying to figure out who is god now ...sachin or sehwag or Sri Rama or Allah or baba ramdev or puttaparti saibaba..its heights !!!
But my question is , who is to be blamed for today's unfortunate fate of Indian football, hockey,Kabbadi players??? and the fortunate fate of indian cricket team ????
We, the public? They, the government, sponsors,Media???
And the answer is "ALL"!!
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