There were days when AIFF officials would call up journalists in general and sports journalists in particular and ensure whether they were coming that evening to watch the football match.
But on Wednesday it is a different ball game. The phones have not stopped ringing at the AIFF office. The officials' mobiles have been flooded with requests for an entry to Wednesday's final. But one thing is for sure, that even VIPs will have to stand and watch the final of the ONGC Nehru Cup that is being played between India and Syria at the Ambedkar stadium
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