Ace ahead Sunil Chhetri has grow to be the world’s second most prolific objective scorer amongst the energetic gamers — his tally of 74 is second solely to Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo’s 103 — however the India captain is just not counting them as but. In the all-time worldwide objective scorers’ listing, Chhetri is three goals in need of Pele who scored 77 goals for Brazil in 92 appearances. He is the highest goalscorer of all time for Brazil.
“I do not count the number of goals. 10 years later, we will sit together, have a chat and then count. All of this is past. We play Afghanistan, and we have to be at our best. It will be a new day, a new canvas. And it is up to us to paint it the manner we want to,” Chhetri mentioned after scoring each goals in India’s 2-0 win over Bangladesh in the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifier match right here on Monday night.
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74 GoalsThe legend of @chetrisunil11 continues #BANIND [?] #WCQ #BackTheBlue #BlueTigers #IndianFootball [?] pic.twitter.com/jCEkv3KRr1
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) June 7, 2021
The brace took Chhetri previous Argentine celebrity Lionel Messi who has 72 goals and the United Arab Emirates’ Ali Mabkhout who has 73 goals. Chhetri’s 79th and Ninetieth-minute strikes gave India their first win in Group E and stored them in rivalry to enter the third spherical of the 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers.
Even FIFA, the sport’s world governing physique, acknowledged Chhetri’s feat.
“He’s now got more than Messi! Sunil Chhetri’s double earns the Blue Tigers a 2-0 win in #WCQ and moves him on to 74 international goals — above Lionel Messi and one off entering world football’s all-time top 10,” FIFA tweeted on Monday.
He’s now bought greater than Messi! Sunil Chhetri’s double earns the Blue Tigers a 2-0 win in #WCQ and strikes him on to 74 worldwide goals – above Lionel Messi and one off getting into world football’s all-time prime 10 @chetrisunil11 | @IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/sCCd6BgS9H
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 7, 2021
Chhetri is the one Indian participant to have scored his worldwide goals in three many years. He scored his first objective towards Cambodia on August 17, 2007, in a Nehru Cup match on the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi. In that match, too, Chhteri had scored a brace in India’s 6-0 win.
“You know what. All of this is past. We play Afghanistan [on June 15] and we have to be at our best. It will be a new day, a new canvas. And it is up to us to paint it the manner we want to,” mentioned Chhetri after the win over Bangladesh.
Chhetri’s India teammate Sandesh Jhingan has solely reward for his captain.
“Some 100 or 200 years down the line, people will still talk about Sunil Chhetri. As long as there is Indian Football, people will remember his name. It’s for everyone to see what he does on the field. Hence, I would rather like to mention that off the field he is the perfect example for all to follow,” he mentioned.
Another teammate, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, mentioned: “I will keep on mentioning that there’s one guy floating in between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi — and that’s my teammate, my captain Sunil Chhetri. It shows his commitment and how consistent he has been scoring goals, one after the other. It’s simply remarkable.”
