“Why couldn’t you beat a richer club? I’ve never seen a bag of money score a goal.” These evergreen words said by Dutch legend Johan Cruyff is often quoted to decorate a romantic footballing story.
People love an underdog story. The previous decade was lucky to experience Leicester City in the Premier League 2015-16, Iceland in the 2016 Euros, Ajax in the 2016-17 Europa League and again in the 2018-19 Champions League, Croatia in the 2018 World Cup and so on.
Aizawl FC, a modest club from the hills in the northeast ensured that India had no shortage of a romantic footballing tale.