Football fans in the southern Indian state of Kerala have started preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2022 early. In the tiny village of Pullavoor (Kozhikode district), Argentina fans caused a social media storm by putting up a 30-foot-tall cut-out of Messi right in the middle of the Kurungattu Kadavu district.
As a response to the 30-ft Messi cutout installed by Argentina fans in Pullavoor, Brazil fans put out a 40-ft Neymar cut-out. The Messi cutout was featured in international media including Fox Sports. A video had gone viral in which the fans could be seen carrying the cut-out. It was posted on Twitter by the handle @Rlzw4n with a caption, "Behind the Scenes Messi #VamosArgentina."
Onmanorama report said that the cut-out was installed by the Argentina Fans Association of Pullavoor. “We wanted to mark the occasion with something special and who else other than Messi deserves it more,” Ashik Ahamed, a member of the fans association was quoted as saying by Onmanorama.The FIFA World Cup will begin in Qatar on November 20 and during a recent conversation with a journalist, Messi said it would be his last World Cup.