From north to south, Kerala gears up for Football World Cup

Featured By PTI November 20, 2022 Read the article

Kerala is in the grip of a football frenzy as the 2022 World Cup commences on Sunday, 20 November, in Qatar.

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Fans of Argentina, Brazil and Portugal are geared up to follow their favourite teams and players.

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In Mallappuzhassery village of Pathanamthitta district, fans have put up streamers and even painted their houses in team colours.

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In Kozhikode, fans of Argentina and Brazil gathered at the bridge over the river in Pullavoor with the huge cutouts of players

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In Kozhikode, fans have made arrangements for at least a thousand people to watch the world cup matches.

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In Kasaragod, fans not only installed huge cutouts of Messi and Ronaldo but also of Qatar ruler Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

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In Eachur village of Kannur, fans of Brazil and Argentina organised a goal scoring event by setting up a scaled-down version of goalposts.

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Similar scenes of excitement and celebrations were witnessed from other parts of the state.

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