Golden days of Indian football are back. India (ranked 151) celebrated a rare triumph yesterday when the Men in Blue surged past higher-ranked Syria (ranked 112) to lift the ONGC Nehru Cup for the first time. India has managed just three wins in the 12 previous editions of the tournament. 
India had won their last football title in Delhi in the 1951 Asian Games and the last time India reached the final of a major international tournament was in 2002 when they beat Vietnam to win the LG Cup. In 2005, India had won the SAFF Cup in Pakistan, beating Bangladesh. But before that last international success was a bronze medal at Bangkok Asian Games in 1970. A special thanks goes to Coach of the Indian Football Team - Bob ‘Bobby’ Houghton for the spectacular show the Indians put up in the Finals.
India now play Lebanon in the World Cup qualifiers next month. C’mon boy’s, keep breaking such barriers and show the World we can!
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