Sunil chhetri captain of Indian football team scored twice
in intercontinental cup final against Kenya to take his tally of goals to 64
and in process equals the record of argentine football superstar Lionel Messi.
In terms of no. of goals per match Chhetri is better than Messi.
Chhetri has scored 0.62 goals per match (64 goals from 102 matches) as against
0.52 of Messi (64 goals from 124 matches). The Indian has also a better goal
average than Cristiano Rolando (0.54 per match).
Thanks to his double strike against Kenya in 8th
and 29th minute India beat Kenya in intercontinental cup final to
clinch the title. With this two goals Sunil Chhetri became the second highest
international goal scorer among active players along with Messi. Chhetri and
Messi are behind Portuguese superstar Rolando who scored 81 goals from 124 matches.
Chhetri and Messi are currently in joint 21st in
all time list of goal scorers just one goal behind ivory coast star Didier Drogba(65
goals from 104 matches).
In an interview he told “I don’t take the comparison
seriously. Messi is of a different level. I’m just happy that I have scored 64
goals for my country”. He told news agency ANI news agency.
A big salute to Sunil Chhetri who has taken Indian football
to another level. In India football did not the same response as cricket but
after watching Sunil Chhetri, I’m sure that lots of kids in India will play
football and want to be like Sunil Chhetri. At last I just want to say that the
guys like sunil chhetri make us proud that we are Indian.
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