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Dream a Little Dream: 90+1
I stood there till the game got over.This was like having the ‘best seat in the house’ where I could actually hear what the manager was saying,what the players were doing and what did the managers talk about during the games.It was fantastic.I had always mimicked the manager’s pep talk at half time/full time whenever I played football manager and…
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Holding On: 90+1
“Hello?” I answered my phone that had gone off 50 times since I left the office building quitting my job so unceremoniously. It was Chandni and she wanted to meet me for some quick coffee. I hadn’t told her of my dramatic exit but now was the time. “Hi!” She exclaimed as she saw me. She looked stunning, as usual.…
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Alive Again: 90+1
Ever felt like a complete stranger when you wake up and look yourself in the mirror? I have. I was a stranger to myself every morning, a stranger who succumbed to the high expectations of our ‘society’. The stranger who ran away from reality, the reality being- I didn’t want a nine-to-five job with Saturdays off. I wanted to live…
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One Last Ride: 90+1
This is the third chapter in “90+1”, the story of an ordinary guy who wanted to be the Greatest Football Manager ever. To read the first chapter(if you haven’t already, click here, Who I am: First Chapter, 90+1). May-2009 ‘I better use the 4-3-3 Asymmetrical ‘, I said to myself. I had been the manager for Sassuolo for about 7…
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Mistakes: 90+1
This is the second chapter in “90+1”, the story of an ordinary guy who wanted to be the Greatest Football Manager ever. To read the first chapter(if you haven’t already, click here, Who I am: First Chapter, 90+1). Big buildings, flashy lights and busy faces are the characteristics of a ‘mega city’, so when I moved to Mumbai, I…
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Who I am: 90+1
12th October, 2003 “Engineers earn pretty well, you know. Think about it, eh?” He said slapping my back. “Haanji, Papa. Pa, you know Krish? He went to London this summer and he visited Stamford…” I tried to reply as enthusiastically as I could but he cut me short, obviously. “Arrey? what football-football you keep doing every day? You solve these…
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