Football fever grips Kerala as fans erect giant cutouts of Lionel Messi, Ronaldo & Neymar

With just over a week remaining for FIFA World Cup 2022 to begin in Qatar, football fever has gripped Indian fans, especially in state of Kerala.

People of Kerala are kwn to be huge fans of football, and have w erected giant cutouts of some of biggest players in world on a local river.

Giant cutouts of Neymar, Ronaldo & Messi erected in Kerala river

As seen in Tweet shared by FIFA.com below, football fans in Kerala have erected massive cutouts of star Brazil winger Neymar, five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristia Ronaldo and seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi in a local river. This trend began with some of local residents first erecting a giant cutout of Messi, who has confirmed that he would be taking part in his last FIFA World Cup later this year in Qatar.

As seen in video below, Argentina Fans Association of Pullavoor erected a 30 ft high and 8 ft wide cut-out of Messi on Cherupuzha river that cost over Rs 20,000. Soon after cutout of Argentine international was unveiled in  river, fans of Neymar and Ronaldo also followed suit by planting similar cutouts of Brazilian and Portuguese international in river.

Brazil anunce 26-member squ for FIFA World Cup

Brazil is one of few major countries that have anunced ir squ for FIFA World Cup 2022. ir 26-member squ includes some prominent names such as Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG's) Neymar and Real Mrid's Vinicius Junior and also includes some surprises such as that of 39-year-old Dani Alves. ir full squ list of 26 players is mentioned below:

Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Weverton (Palmeiras)

Defenders: Dani Alves ( club), Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain), Thiago Silva (Chelsea), Eder Milito (Real Mrid), Danilo (Juventus), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Alex Telles (Sevilla), Bremer (Juventus).

Midfielders: Casemiro (Manchester United), Fred (Manchester United), Fabinho (Liverpool), Bru Guimares (Newcastle), Lucas Paquet (West Ham), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo).

Forwards: Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), Vinicius Jr. (Real Mrid), Richarlison (Tottenham), Raphinha (Barcelona), Antony (Manchester United), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Pedro (Flamengo), Rodrygo (Real Mrid).

Meanwhile, or major countries such as Argentina and Portugal are yet to unveil squs.