I don't pay much attention to it: Chhetri on going past Pele as goal-scorer
Updated On: 15 October, 2021 07:54 AM IST | New Delhi | ANI
Chhetri on Wednesday broke legendary football player Pele`s record during the match against the Maldives in the ongoing 2021 SAFF Championship. Pele had scored 77 goals for Brazil and Chhetri went past the Brazilian superstar when he scored a goal in the 62nd minute in the match against the Maldives
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Pele and Sunil Chhetri. Pics/AFP
India football skipper Sunil Chhetri on Thursday said that he is not paying much attention to the fact of him going past Pele in goal-scoring charts in international football.
"Sadly, I did not have many footages of the great man Pele to watch. Whatever little that I could see, he was somebody who was very dynamic, very powerful because I am pretty sure you know the kind of challenges that were allowed in those times. Football was a little more physical and brutal, so to play in that era and score as many goals is a great achievement. The footages were very less and I could not see him much. That is the kind of feedback I have about Pele," said Chhetri while replying to an ANI query during a virtual press conference organised by AIFF.
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