Bengaluru FC is always looking to compete for titles in India and Asia, and the fact that it has won a major trophy every year since its inception in 2013, says everything you need to know about the team’s ambitions.
It’s that time of the year when most of us, footballers, feel like jugglers and ironically, there’s a ball involved! We’re at the business end of one competition (Indian Super League), have only just started another (the AFC Cup) and will soon play a third (the Super Cup). So, the next time you think a footballer is overpaid, think again!
But on a serious note, coaches and players are often thrown the question, how difficult is it to juggle competitions, and I feel we don’t do justice to the situation by giving rather simple answers to the query. Pacing yourself as a team between competitions is a very difficult proposition and it is one of the biggest challenges in a club’s quest to add to the trophy cabinet.
I have been very fortunate to be part of a Bengaluru FC squad that is always looking to compete for titles in India and Asia, and the fact that we have won a major trophy every year since the team’s inception in 2013, says everything you need to know about BFC’s ambitions. But like I mentioned, it takes the coming together of so many factors to differentiate between competing for silverware and simply turning up to make the numbers.
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