India, April 11 -- Sitting alongside Manolo Marquez and looking sullen, Lalengmawia Ralte had little choice but to agree with the head coach's assessment. "We were lucky to have got a draw," Ralte said after the 0-0 against Bangladesh in Shillong last month. On Monday, Ralte, Apuia to the football world, was the toast of nearly 60,000 at Salt Lake stadium. Disappointment to delirium in less than two weeks.

Another season of the Indian Super League (ISL) ends on Saturday. From Sunil Chhetri's ability to fly, Khalid Jamil's defensive masterclass that needed a record 71 penalty box entries and a joint-record of 35 shots in Kolkata to be breached and had Albino Gomes notching up 102 saves in a season (also a record), Armando Sadiku's "crotch...