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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly Monday said the Indian Super League side Atletico de Kolkata - co-owned by him - would benefit from the presence of eight foreigners in the squad and hoped the team would become a crowd-puller like East Bengal and Mohun Bagan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Referring to the latest city derby last month, when the two teams attracted a crowd of one lakh people at the Salt Lake stadium, Ganguly said: &quot;I hope there will be a similar turnout on Oct 12.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Atletico de Kolkata will take on Mumbai City FC in the opening game of the inaugural ISL at the same venue Oct 12.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Ganguly said the team now has 22 players, of whom 14 are Indians.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">&quot;The presence of foreign players will inspire the local players to raise their levels. The game&#39;s standard will also go up,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">The football team is currently training at the Los Angeles De San Rafael training ground in Segovia, Spain.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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