It has been a long time since Lionel Messi last came to India and this time he will be playing an exhibition match in Kerala in October 2025.
It will be a dream come true for the true football fans as they will finally get to see their favorite player in full swing along with his Argentine team-mates.
Argentina will play two friendly matches in Kochi
Notably, in November last year, Kerala Sports Minister V Abdurahiman had announced the news of Argentina visiting the southern state and playing two friendly matches in Kochi.
The visit comes as part of a newly announced partnership between the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and HSBC, covering India and Singapore.
Ardent Barcelona and Argentina fans will be delighted by this fantastic news
After winning the World Cup, Lionel Messi has engraved his name in the history as the GOAT of football. Many would disagree but Messi has won it all at the club and international level and is still balling out for Inter Miami.
With the world cup next year, it does look likely that he will play in the tournament.
Argentina who recently defeated their closest South American rivals, Brazil by a scoreline of 4-1 without him speaks volumes about how good Argentina are tactically.
Lionel Messi is the most gifted player on the planet
Lionel Messi is the most gifted player on the planet but his longevity and physicality is never talked about enough. He has always had a small stature but the way he gets past players who are double his size is and always will be astonishing. The work that is put into attaining such physicality is immense and hard but it is never talked about enough in Messi’s case.
Lionel Messi is the ultimate example of talent and hard work, many players that were touted as talent or the ‘Next Messi’, never lived up to their hype because they refused to put in the hard work.
Messi is the ultimate example of talent and hard work
Messi has always been reserved and does not like showboating whenever on the field. He has never taken his shirt off to show his body but to play year after year with amazing season after season, one can only think what his body must go through and how he attained such a peak career while working on his body.
It is not easy to get past defenders who are ready to anything to just stop him for progressing
So it becomes very important for Messi to improve his physicality in a way that he can take in blows during the game and still dribble past defenders.
