After win against India, for Nepal, it’s history-1, future-2
The Nepali football
team has managed to achieve something that would have been a pipe dream for
fans, until just a few years ago.
The usual story,
after any tournament that the national side played, would of “playing well, but
not scoring.” As FIFA chief Blatter said during his visit to Nepal in 2012,
he’d said that the Nepal team play like Barcelona, but they do not have a
Messi.
In fact Nepal’s goalless run of record 11 matches just ended on December 27,
2015, thanks to none other than ace finisher Bimal Gharti Magar, now an
integral part of the national squad. On Monday , although Nepal U-23’s game
play against India could not be compared to Barcelona, the team found out who
its ‘Messi’ was. It’s none other than Nawayug Shrestha, who scored a treble in the
semis and a goal in the final to seal the 2-1 victory against India, that too
on Indian turf.
Looking at the future
Well, the Nepali
national team’s past is not yet behind it so far, it would be too early to say
that a bright future now awaits us, and we can dream big to go beyond South
Asia. But with the current breed of players, it’s definitely the future that
holds more points for Nepal.
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