Bengaluru FC manager Carles Cuadrat was nowhere to be seen at the press conference he was to address. One hour turned into two, two turned into three, with no sign of the Spaniard or his entourage.
A handful of journalists had turned up for the prematch press conference for the Chennaiyin FC versus Bengaluru FC match, what was supposed to be the marquee fixture in the Indian Super League calendar.
The PC turned out to be a sombre, dreary affair — considering the respective league table positions — due to outside circumstances.
Chennaiyin manager John Gregory, as always, was on time for his brief and said he would like to get one over Bengaluru to reward their faithful supporters, who had stuck by them during a torrid season.
But his counterpart, Carles Cuadrat, who was supposed to follow him after 15 minutes, was nowhere to be seen.
One hour turned into two, two turned into three, with no sign of the Spaniard or his entourage.
Cuadrat's flight from Bengaluru was delayed by an hour, and his cab ride from the airport to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai may have seemed like just another day on the roads of Bengaluru, getting stuck in traffic due to a political rally in Saidapet.
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