In the Intercontinental Cup on Monday night, the Indian football team locked horns with Kenya’s team at the Mumbai Football Arena, in Mumbai. This was the second match of India in the tournament. Also, the Indian captain Sunil Chhetri had earlier defeated Chinese Taipei. In the match played on Monday, Indian football team captain scored two goals before he scored 59 goals in 99 games.
It was a memorable game for him, as Chhetri was playing his 100th international match. After playing that match, Sunil became the second Indian player to have played 100 international games. It was a historic match for the Indian captain and the team celebrated it by defeating Keny by a decent margin of 3-0 in which Sunil managed to score two goals. After this, many big celebrities have congratulated them on Twitter.
It was a great win by our Men in Blue, superbly braced by our Indian football captain Sunil Chettri and the home team got immense support as the stadium was jam-packed to cheer and to back our men in blue.
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However, ahead of the match, Chettri made everyone emotional when he took to social media to urge the Indian fans to support them. 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.
Here is the video:
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, all the tickets of the match were sold-out and the fans came to back our icons on the field.
Ahead of the match, a lot of Indian cricketers tweeted a heartfelt messages for Sunil Chettri. They took to Twitter and congratulated the skipper ahead of the game against Kenya where he played his 100th International Football. Here are some tweets:
What a fantastic victory. Congratulations @chetrisunil11 on your 100th international match and for making it extra special with the two goals and a fantastic victory in front of a packed stadium. Great news for @IndianFootball #INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/f5isKrYxdi
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) June 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/ChaharDeepak9/status/1003684004271288320
A special victory indeed. Well done, #TeamIndia! Super achievement @chetrisunil11 on your 100th appearance and the 2 goals 🙂 #INDvKEN pic.twitter.com/bGn1mUPPdr
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) June 4, 2018
Do join us in person or digitally for the special day when the skipper and legend of Indian Football, Sunil Chettri plays his 100th game for India. ❤️#chhetri100 #legend #indianfootball pic.twitter.com/1Zj006BgzR
— Anirudh Thapa (@AnirudhThapa) June 4, 2018
Great show, #TeamIndia! Congratulations, @chetrisunil11… you made it even more special by scoring 2 goals. #INDvKEN @indianfootball
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) June 4, 2018
Congratulations team india that indeed was a spectacular victory ! Congrats @chetrisunil11 on your 100th international game and those extra special goals ! Game On ⚽️👉 #INDvKEN @IndianFootball
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) June 4, 2018
What a brilliant performance by @IndianFootball to win 3-0 against Kenya! @chetrisunil11 led from the front with two goals in his 100th international game. Well done boys! Let's football 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/FkSF8sgu6g
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) June 4, 2018
Well played, #TeamIndia!! Congratulations on your 100th game, you totally made the occasion count by scoring two goals and taking India to a victory, @chetrisunil11. #INDvKEN @IndianFootball
— Krunal Pandya (@krunalpandya24) June 4, 2018
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
What a brilliant performance by @IndianFootball to win 3-0 against Kenya! @chetrisunil11 ✊✊ respect skipper Well done boys! 🇮🇳😊👏👏
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) June 4, 2018
