Goals are just numbers: Chhetri

Three short of becoming the country’s highest-ever scorer, Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri says ‘goals are just numbers’ for him and adds his team will take it one match at a time in the upcoming SAFF Championships here. ‘Goals are just numbers. Unless goals win you matches they don’t matter at all. And as long as the team wins it simply doesn’t matter as to who has scored them,’ Chhetri said.

‘We have come into the SAFF Championship as a team and we want to do good as a team. Everyone has a specific role. It’s not that someone who scores is superior to the other,’ he added. Asked about the SAFF Championship, he said, ‘I’m trying to keep away from expectations.  If you look back, you will see that we have won tournaments in which we took one match at a time. Every match is a final for us. We play the first final against Pakistan on September 1 and we are ready.’ Bhaichung Bhutia leads India with 42 goals.