It fits that the man who thinks his pathway as coach was “planned by somebody up above” and who took charge for the first time this season on Christmas Eve would be reading the Bible now. Late in the Zoom interview, he also said: “We want to show we are footballing force in the country.” This isn’t the first time …
Indian football legend P.K. Banerjee’s demise on Friday has shocked Bruno Coutinho. One of Coutinho’s first interactions with Banerjee goes back to 1997 when the legend was coaching East Bengal in the Federation Cup. Bhaichung Bhutia’s hat-trick in the semifinal against Mohun Bagan had made the red-and-yellow brigade clear favourites for the title-clash against Salgaocar where Coutinho was the blue-eyed …