New Delhi, Feb 27 (UNI) When Aizawl FC won the yester-edition of the Hero I-League, scripting a scintillating story, there was a certain shift of power in the national domestic league from the usual contenders to the underdogs.
And little did anyone expect that the underdog story might be re-written again when the 2017-18 Hero I-League kicked-off in late November. But as the Hero I-League comes to its end with less than ten matches to go, the ‘underdogs’ might very well once again triumph over the ‘usual contenders’.
The emergence of Minerva Punjab FC and NEROCA in the top tier of the Hero I-League table has not only shook the structure in the domestic league for this season but captured the essence of sports - the underdog story.