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    Messi's Argentina to miss game in Kerala in 2026
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    Messi's Argentina To Miss Game In Kerala In 2026

    By IANS News May 16, 2025 • 15:34 PM View: 461
    Kerala Sports Minister: Kerala football buffs will now have to wait to see their favourite player Lionel Messi and his World Cup-winning Argentine football team play on Kerala soil. 

    It was in November last year Kerala Sports Minister V Abdurahiman and his team after huge efforts involving several rounds of discussions with Argentina Football Association (AFA) following a meeting held in Spain, it was announced that Messi and his team will play at least one international match in Kerala as part of their exhibition matches schedule. But, with the schedule of Argentina for 2026 now out, Kerala is no where in the scheme of things as the South American nation is scheduled to play in China, Qatar and Africa.

    Lionel Messi last played in India in 2011, when Argentina faced Venezuela in an international friendly at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. Among the enthusiastic fans in attendance were several football lovers from Kerala, including the current CPI(M) General Secretary, M.A. Baby, who had come to cheer for Messi.

    TAGS Lionel Messi World Cup Kerala Sports Minister Argentina Football Association South American Salt Lake Stadium General Secretary FIFA World Cup
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