5 new things you will see in ISL next season

#2 New rivalries

A strong South Indian lineup of teams will make the ISL more exciting

Being only three years old, it seems acceptable that no big rivalry in the ISL has shaped up so far. There was one between Zico’s FC Goa and Marco Materazzi’s Chennaiyin FC in ISL-2, but that bubble has also burst now with both managers no longer around and the clubs undergoing upheavals.

In that regard, the arrival of Bengaluru FC into the scene will add spice to the already thriving South Indian tussles between Kerala Blasters and Chennaiyin, lending a new angle to the scheme of things. With the Maharashtra derby between underachievers Mumbai City and Pune City being nothing more than drab affairs, the injection of new clubs means the ISL will not be the same anymore.