Mumbai, ATKMB headline main event football’s return
The Hindu
When ATK Mohun Bagan (ATKMB) and Kerala Blasters set the ball rolling in the opening match of the Indian Super League 2021-22 on Friday, it will mark the second straight year the nation’s premier foot
When ATK Mohun Bagan (ATKMB) and Kerala Blasters set the ball rolling in the opening match of the Indian Super League 2021-22 on Friday, it will mark the second straight year the nation’s premier football competition will embrace the safety of a bio-secure bubble.
Even as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is on the wane, the sheer size of the competition — four months, 11 teams and 115 matches — means that it cannot envisage a caravan-like existence across the length and breadth of the country, but again nestle in the comfort of the quaint little coastal state of Goa.
Nonetheless, there isn’t as much chaos, with travel restrictions, visa troubles, last-minute entry of teams and eleventh hour player signings mostly things of the past. Even the managerial upheaval, a trademark of Indian football, has reduced, with six of the 11 teams appointing new coaches as against nine of 11 last season.
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