“Just being patriotic doesn’t mean that, you will overlook quality.” Sunil Chhetri delved into the reasons why fans opt for world football over Indian football.
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00:00But I enjoy watching Messi more.
00:01So when somebody has an option of watching Mbappe and Messi,
00:06why would he or she choose to watch ISL?
00:08Internet is a bloody king, some funny memes that he sends and I send him back.
00:30One thing which I found very exciting, I was talking to a sports lawyer a while ago
00:42and he gave me a stat.
00:43I don't know how true or wrong that is, but it got me thinking
00:46that the football finals in India, Argentina vs France,
00:53their viewership was higher than India vs Australia finals.
00:56But I don't understand why you're shocked.
01:00I didn't know this.
01:02But watching world football in India is more popular than watching Indian cricket.
01:10Because if you take out world Indian from Indian football or world football,
01:14just football and cricket or whatever, there is no competition any sport has
01:19when you compare to football.
01:20Even in India?
01:21Anywhere.
01:23So why do people not watch Indian football much?
01:27Because you have two hours, for example.
01:33And you want to consume something on telly or on phone.
01:37And you have an option of different things to consume.
01:40Wouldn't you pick the best quality as what you think?
01:43So when somebody has an option of watching Mbappe and Messi,
01:47why would he or she choose to watch ISL?
01:51And when I tell this to my boys, I said, don't feel bad.
01:54If even tomorrow you are there, imagine, and you go and you make yourself as a third person.
01:59You have only two hours in the day.
02:00You come back in the morning, you sit down, it's 7 o'clock.
02:04You have to consume something for two hours.
02:06You have this option.
02:07Premier League match is coming, Arsenal and Man City are playing.
02:10Tough game.
02:10Or you have this option, BFC and Hyderabad are playing.
02:14Unless you're a BFC fan or a Hyderabad fan or a genuine ISL fan,
02:18or you're the one who flips.
02:20A lot of players flip.
02:20A lot of players flip.
02:23If you are normal, then you would spend time watching World Cup.
02:28You're watching Messi.
02:29Just being patriotic doesn't mean that you will stop watching quality.
02:34It's not possible for a person.
02:36Who's your best player?
02:39Who do you idolize the most in the world?
02:42I love watching Messi more.
02:45But I idolize all of them, man.
02:46I learn so much from all of them.
02:48So, if you had to choose a Ronaldo versus Messi, you choose Messi.
02:56So, let me make it easy for you.
02:59Which player's playing style do you think matches you?
03:04Or the one you idolize in that sense?
03:07Ronaldo.
03:09That is what I want to know.
03:10Yeah, both of them are Ronaldo.
03:11That's the context.
03:12Yeah, I've learned and followed him a lot.
03:15And why do you say so?
03:16Give me a point.
03:17Because the hard work bit, the being disciplined bit.
03:22And I'm not saying Messi is not.
03:24But I have less knowledge about what Messi has done for it.
03:30Of Ronaldo, I've read more.
03:33I've seen more.
03:35And I love to follow him as a specimen.
03:37The way he works hard.
03:39But I enjoy watching Messi more.
03:41Virat is your friend, right?
03:42And Virat says you're one of the best football players he has seen or met.
03:46So, what do you guys talk?
03:49Like what are the casual conversations between two star players in different sports?
03:55Majority of the time is food.
03:57Funny memes.
03:59Internet is a bloody king.
04:00Some funny memes that he sends and I send him back.
04:03That's the majority.
04:04Okay.
04:05And few of the time…
04:08On sport only or like random?
04:10Kuch bhi jo hase.
04:13Dost ki hase is crazy, man.
04:16It infects you in a nice way.
04:19But few of the times we talk about life and the best thing about…
04:23And you know what?
04:24We don't meet very often.
04:26We talk very often.
04:27We talk like very often.
04:29But we don't meet.
04:30It's just we are in two different…
04:32But the best thing, the best conversations are the ones where I tell him something
04:36and he says I understand.
04:38And I know he understands.
04:39Because he's in a similar pattern.
04:42So, probably those are the top conversations.
04:44Seeing him let it go after the final was nice.
04:49Yeah.
04:50Because I genuinely like him.
04:52He's a good dude, man.
04:53He's a nice guy.
04:54He's genuinely a nice guy.
04:56And I'm pretty sure a lot of people will probably never get to know that part of him.
05:00And he's amazingly funny.
05:02He will crack you up.
05:05He will…
05:06He's funny apart from the fact all the other great things he is.
05:10I think he's a good guy.
05:14Which nowadays is very…
05:16Difficult.
05:17Yeah.
05:17It's rare.
05:18And he's funny.
05:19And some way our upbringing is the same.
05:21We came from the same place.
05:23We had similar dreams.
05:25We just chose two different sports.
05:27And probably in some kind of a similar situation.
05:30And that's why probably we connect.
05:31I think maybe it's him or me.
05:33I said if we can publish what we talk on WhatsApp, it'll break the internet.
05:39Yeah.