I-League champion club Chennai City FC gave fans of underdog stories something to cheer about on April 4 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Coach Akbar Nawas created a complex tactical game plan that his young squad executed with impressive confidence in a game where Bengaluru FC, the Indian Super League (ISL) winners, were clear favourites.
Arjun Pandit, Vaibhav Raghunandan and Siddhanth Aney look back at the game and its wider meaning in the current context of football in India.