Bengal wins Sontosh trophy for thirtieth times, beating Punjab two goals two one.
Bengal wins Sontosh trophy for thirtieth times, beating Punjab two goals two one. I have seen them playing brilliant piece of football today in the final. This is the time we should talk about our football rather than cricket which is never quite a popular game in the world. Bengal always produces quality football in the past and we observed how they have raised Indian football once. During the time of Chuni Goswami, PK Banerjee they had lifted Asian games gold beating strong teams like Japan, South Korea. India beat Asian giants South Korea 2-1 in Asian Games finals in 1964, they finished 4th in 1956 Olympics Games, India started off 1970 with a Bronze medal in 1970 Asian Games beating Japan 1-0 in third place play-off, Then in 1984 India made an impressive 0-0 draw against strong Iranian side. But then it was all cricket, one of the slow games of world, and football began to be neglected. Today a footballer in local clubs, if he is not among the stars, gets only 1lak in a ...