A new season ahead and a new coach in charge, Sunil Chhetri is an excited man these days. The undisputed leader of Indian football, who will be joining the national camp in Delhi under newly-appointed coach Igor Stimac on Monday, is looking forward to winning more games for India outside the country than on home turf.

"I think the next long-term goal should be to qualify for the Asian Cup again," Chhetri told IANS when asked about what the target of the team should be going into the new season. "That is not going to be easy because lots of things depend on the group you get, the qualifiers, the conditions... you can be unlucky also on several fronts. But that should be our target.