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World Cup in Kerala - Argentina, Brazil and Malayalees

The football fever always spikes before the FIFA World Cup in the God's Own Country...

A football-loving district in Kerala is set to host a football match between Argentina and Brazil ahead of the World Cup 2018 in Russia.

Wait, what?

Every word of that is true but it won't be Lionel Messi or Neymar taking the field. Instead, Malappuram district in Kerala will watch Ashique Kuruniyan feature for team Argentina and Zakeer Mundampara take the field for team Brazil. If that sounds wacky, welcome to Kerala, the state of World Cup football zealots.