KOLKATA: A decade ago, Antonio Lopez Habas arrived in Indian football with a sense of mystique.
His decision of going for a month-long pre-season in Madrid and following it with a series of closed-door practice sessions at the Salt Lake Stadium in the build-up to the inaugural edition of Indian Super League came as a bit of a culture shock for Kolkata fans, who were so used to watch their favourite players train openly as a rule rather than an exception at that time.
