Kerala Invites Argentina National Football Team To Play An Exhibition Match In State

Thiruvananthapuram: A high-level delegation from Kerala held discussions with officials of the Argentina Football Association (AFA) in Spain to see plans for the reigning world champion to play an exhibition match in the state, a State Minister said here on Friday.

In an announcement released by his place of business here, the State’s Sports Minister, V.Abdurahiman informed that the team led by him had fruitful discussions with the AFA officials over the likelihood of the three-time World Cup winners (1978,1986,2022) visiting Kerala.

“The discussions occurred in Madrid and the first reaction became the happiness that they expressed to the love the Kerala fans always show towards the Argentinean football team,” said Abdurahiman. “We've held excellent discussions on how an exhibition match of the Argentina team also might be held in Kerala and as a follow-up on our discussion, a delegation of the AFA might be visiting Kerala almost right away,” said Abdurahiman.

“The AFA also expressed hopes of putting in football academies in Kerala with the assistance of the state government. As and when this happens, it should perhaps be a giant boost for our state,” added the Minister.

Within the soccer-crazy northern districts of Kerala, the Argentina football team has the largest enhance base when when put next with other teams.

The Sports Minister also identified that while in Spain they have gotten been on a tour to a gigantic collection of sporting places and met with a gigantic collection of sports administrators.

“With the Spain sporting officials also our talks centred around how there might be a meaningful association with the Kerala Sports Council. Our aim is to indicate our sporting centres into a spot of excellence and for that, we should get the enhance of essentially the most effective. We also beef up the job opportunities in the sports sector and discussions were also held for that,” said the Minister and expressed hope that a conceivable collaboration with the upcoming Sports Institute at the Kozhikode University became also discussed.