The legendary Indian footballer has shown gratitude to the German giants for making his testimonial game memorable.
Baichung Bhutia has reserved praise for the Bavarian giants on making his testimonial game memorable. The Indian national team took on Bayern Munich to bid farewell to their captain at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi
in which the Reds emerged victorious. The visitors collected applause from the jam packed Indian supporters before their departure to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904.
Bayern came out as 4-0 winners, courtesy a brace from Thomas Muller and goals from Mario Gomez and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bastian-Schweinsteiger-c7374. All four goals came inside the first-half.
Bhutia heaped praise on his opponents on making the evening memorable, and attracting large number of supporters to the Exhibition game. He also thanked the Indian Football Federation on arranging his testimonial game, and all
the media personnel for covering the occasion live.
While talking during the post-match press conference, the 35-year-old further mentioned:
"I would like to thank Audi for bringing Bayern Munich to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/India-c750 and making them appear in my testimonial match. I would also like to thank the (All India Football Federation) AIFF and everyone in the media as well for making this
game memorable.”
The striker expressed his delight at playing against one of the best teams in Europe, and wished to see Bayern lifting the European crown this season. Bhutia, at the same time, wished to see other European teams visiting the Indian
sub-continent in the future as he waved to the crowd for the one final time.
"It is great that one of the top European clubs like Bayern Munich played on Indian soil. I really hope they go on and win the Champions League this time," Bhutia concluded.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mohun-Bagan-c39933 star represented India for 16 years during which he earned 107 caps, bagging 43 goals in return.
On the other hand, Bayern have flown back to Germany to prepare for their next Bundesliga campaign against Borussia Monchengladbach on Friday, January 20. The Reds will be hoping to extend their lead at the top of the table to
six points as Borussia Dortmund and Schalke play later in the weekend.
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