Sunil Chhetri said- I am on ‘Summit of Form’, Asian Cup will be fantastic on domestic land

Kolkata. Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri said that the team would prefer to play AFC Asia Cup on domestic soil and at the same time this star player admitted that he is on the summit of ‘form’ at the age of 37. The Indian National Football Team defeated Hong Kong 4–0 on Tuesday night to qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finals and the Sult Lake Stadium was filled for this match. Despite the heavy rains, Chhetri, impressed by the presence of so many viewers in the final qualifying match, expressed his desire to play the finals in India. India qualified for the Asian Cup for the first time in history for the first time. He said, ‘We would like to play on the home ground. Given the way the audience is coming to see the match and supporting us, it will be great to play here. See also, the Indian football team crushed Hong Kong 4–0, the Hat trick of victory was to be held in China next year, but it decided to withdraw from hosting in view of the Kovid-19 situation in the country. India registered a stunning victory over Hong Kong in Group D after winning Cambodia and Afghanistan in the third round of the Asian Cup. All the matches were played at the Salt Lake Stadium, where India was playing after more than two years. Sunil Chhetri praised the emerging youth in the national team after the 3 -match campaign was over. He said, ‘Children are fantastic, they will probably kill me (laughing) to say children, boys are fantastic. Our dressing room has the correct combination of senior and junior players. Chhetri said, “Akash Mishra and Roshan Singh are fantastic with Liston Kolaso ​​and Suresh Wangzam in the team.” He said, ‘Yes, many young players are coming and Ishaan Pandita is fantastic in training and you saw their performance today. Ishaan and Sahal (Abdul Samad) are two players who are entitled to such a performance. Chhetri had scored the second goal in the match while Anwar Ali, Manveer Singh and Ishan Pandita also got their names in the scorchheet. Chhetri is set to play in the finals of his third Asian Cup tournament after 2011 and 2019. He is 37 years old but this striker feels that he is now on the peak of his form. See also, there is a need to learn the art of scoring goals without Sunil Chhetri… Why did this thing have to be called a coach? He said, ‘Now I am reaching the summit of form. The previous Asian Cup has passed. We want to work hard. It does not matter whether I will play in the next big tournament or someone else will get a chance but India should be in the Asian Cup. I have already said this. This charismatic striker said, ‘It is very important for us to remain in the Asian Cup as a country so that we continue to fight shoulder to the shoulder with the best players in India which is not often. With this, we will get opportunities to play friendship matches from rivals holding better ranking for the preparations for the tournament.

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