Footballer Akash Mukherjee plays league match just hours after father's death
A young footballer from Kolkata, Akash Mukherjee, played in a Calcutta Football League match just hours after his father's unfortunate demise.
Having learnt about his father's death at 8 am in the morning, Mukherjee decided to go ahead and play in his club, Peerless', match against Tollygunge Agragami at the East Bengal ground in the afternoon.
To make things worse, Akash Mukherjee injured himself during the match but continued to play on and helped his side to a 6-2 victory. He went straight to the crematorium after the match to perform the last rites.
"We never imagined he would turn up. But he was determined to play. Out of respect for his willingness to play, we named him in the playing XI," said Peerless' coach Subrata Bhattacharya to TV 9 News.
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I think some local channel is telecasting it. Rplus or something
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A young footballer from Kolkata, Akash Mukherjee, played in a Calcutta Football League match just hours after his father's unfortunate demise.
Having learnt about his father's death at 8 am in the morning, Mukherjee decided to go ahead and play in his club, Peerless', match against Tollygunge Agragami at the East Bengal ground in the afternoon.
To make things worse, Akash Mukherjee injured himself during the match but continued to play on and helped his side to a 6-2 victory. He went straight to the crematorium after the match to perform the last rites.
"We never imagined he would turn up. But he was determined to play. Out of respect for his willingness to play, we named him in the playing XI," said Peerless' coach Subrata Bhattacharya to TV 9 News.
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The league stage has ended.
Table
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Results:
September 28th:
Qualifier I:
Tollygunge Agragami 1-1 Southern Samity after 90 minutes
2-2 after Extra Time.
Tollygunge Agragami won 5-4 after penalties.
Qualifier II:
Railway FC 5-0 Kidderpore SC
Tollygunge Agragami will face Mohammedan Sporting and Railway FC will face Aryan Club on 30th September for the remaining 2 quarter final spots
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