FIFA foes
The phony war, that fallow period when players who've already suffered through the rigours of the European season join their national teams and limber up for the World Cup with a series of meandering 'friendlies', lasts an eternity.
by Shougat Dasgupta
Jun 09, 2018
4 minutes
The phony war- that fallow period when players who've already suffered through the rigours of the European season join their national teams and limber up for the World Cup with a series of meandering 'friendlies'- lasts an eternity.
The Champions League final took place in Kiev on May 27, just three weeks before the World Cup begins in Moscow. Starved of football, some of India's armchair fans even dragged themselves to the Mumbai Football Arena to watch captain Sunil Chhetri play his 100th game for India. He scored twice, taking his tally in the last two games to five and his overall tally to an astonishing 61, placing him behind only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the list of
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