FC Goa are set to make their debut at the AFC Champions League Group Stage and the team’s players feel it is not only a huge achievement but also an opportunity to showcase the “Indian brand of football” to the world.
FC Goa will become the first club from the country to play in the main group stage of continental club competition on April 14 when they take on Qatar’s Al-Rayyan.
India had earlier been granted a direct spot in the AFC Champions League Group Stage and having finished at the top of the Indian Super League table in the 2019-20 season, the Gaurs had qualified for the ACL.
“It’s a huge achievement for the state and the country. It’s more like a national representation rather than a club or state,” India and FC Goa midfielder Brandon Fernandes said, according to an AIFF release.
“The entire nation will be watching us as one and so we ought to give it our all.”
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