mo4ch:> Indian football underdog tales: Aizawl FC become 2016-17 I-League champions | Mo4ch News

A lookback to one of the biggest underdog tales in Indian football....“Why couldn’t you beat a richer club? I’ve never seen a bag of money score a goal.” These evergreen words said by Dutch legend Johan Cruyff is often quoted to decorate a romantic footballing story.People love an underdog story. The previous decade was lucky to experience Leicester City in the Premier League 2015-16, Iceland in the 2016 Euros, Ajax in the 2016-17 Europa League and again in the 2018-19 Champions League, Croatia in the 2018 World Cup and so on.Aizawl FC, a modest club from the hills in the northeast ensured that India had no shortage of a romantic footballing tale. On 30th April 2017, the author of this fairytale Khalid Jamil lifted the I-League trophy, surrounded by a committed group of low-profile players.Editors' PicksA modest team with a modest budget stunned Bengal heavyweights East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and defending champions Bengaluru to be crowned unlikely champions.One season ago, the club …