Brazil Masters vs IFA All-Stars
Fans of football from the Mecca of Indian Football : Kolkata (West Bengal) once again gets its share of the Lions treat in tomorrows Brazil Masters VS IFA All Stars at the Salt Lake Stadium !!
- The pre match publicity was over-hyped so much that even the tickets failed to sell !
- Ultimately, the organisers had to send lump-some tickets to Schools and Institutions for free !
- KyaZoonga are now selling tickets at Rs 100 (the same were earlier priced at Rs 450!) Hahaha...Grow up.
- It is unclear if 2002 World Cup winner and Real Madrid legend Roberto Carlos is part of the travelling squad and no one knows if he will finally take field. He was the one I particularly wanted to see...dejected now :-(
- The Brazilian team: Bebeto, Dunga, Mauro Silva, Paulo Sergio, Zinho, Aldair, Zetti, (Roberto Carlos), Juninho Paulista and Edmilson, Caio Felipe and Nilton Cesar
- IFA team has Colombian goalkeeper, Rene Higuita (famous in the history books with his famous 'Scorpion Kick' saves..Youtube right away if you don't know him). Leander Paes, Jose Barreto and a clutch of ex-Indian footballersGautam Sarkar, Subrata Bhattacharya, Aloke Mukherjee, Compton Datta, Basudeb Mondal, Debashish Mukherjee, Manas Bhattacharya, Bidesh Bose, Krishnendu Roy and Prasanta Banerjee
- It was earlier rumoured that the legendary Carlos Valderrama will also be part of the IFA team facing the Brazilian Masters but no update on that.
- A good and yet very foolish and amateur effort by the organisers OMNIBUS as they took the efforts to organise this match but they oversold and overhyped everything in the process. Don't worry, next time.
- Someone please inform the West Bengal Sports Minister that the Indian Football team is ranked 169. He made a Bakra of himself when he declared India's FIFA ranking as 146 at the Press Con. We understand your excitement Mr.Minister after all the first time is really exciting.
Hoping the final spectacle tomorrow will finally not be a flop show and all pre match rumours and misinformation is finally cleared. Lets do the samba baby...
