International Friendly match between Argentina and Venezuela to be held on Kolkotta!!!

What will you do if you see international football star messi playing in your country, it is not a dream for indians and now its confirmed that messi is coming to india.The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is dreaming big on the Argentina-Venezuela match featuring superstars like Lionel Messi here September 2 hoping it would help raise the profile of the game and expand its reach in the country, besides drawing more corporate funds in future

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Two top FIFA officials will be among the spectators at the 120,000 capacity Salt Lake stadium, which will host the first FIFA friendly international match between two South American nations Argentina and Venezuela in India.

FIFA Technical Director John Michell Benezet and Development Director Theory Regengase will arrive in the city Tuesday and visit the site of the proposed National Football Academy in Pailan in the southern outskirts.

"They will visit Pailan and then stay back to watch the match. During their stay they will share their knowledge and expertise for development of Indian football," AIFF vice president Subrata Dutta told IANS

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"These high-profile games attract attention of apex bodies like FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC). When they see the tremendous interest generated in the city for the game, these bodies will be more interested in helping us develop the game," Dutta said.

The Salt Lake stadium, with its dilapidated infrastructure, was virtually written off for international matches. However, with the Messi match coming up, the state government spent Rs.11 crores to upgrade the facilities and renovate the giant stadium.

According to the recent news ,Argentina national football team will arrive in the city by Monday for a Fifa international friendly versus Venezuela on September 2 at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan here.

Confirming this, the organisers released the official list of players of two sides

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The first batch of players from Argentina, to be led by Barcelona striker Lionel Messi for the first time in any Fifa international friendly, is expected to land by Monday morning, as per the itinerary circulated here by the organiser, the Celebrity Management Group (CMG).

However, the arrival of Venezuela here would be known later.

Team Venezuela: Romo Rafael, Franco Signorelli, Nicolas Fedor, Andrez Tunez, Josmar Branco, Salomon Rondon, Tomas Rincon, Yohandry Orozco, Oswaldo Vizcanrrondo, Cesar Gonzalez, Roberto Rosales, Raul Gonzalez, Gabriel Cichero, Juan Arango, Rolf Feltscher, Frank Feltscher, Julio Alvarez, Fernando Amorebieta, Mario Rondon, Daniel Hernandez, Renny Vega, Luis Manuel Seijas, Josef Martinez, Rohel Briceno, Cesar Farias, and Lino Alonso and an eleven-member officials, including the coach.

Team Argentina: Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain, Javier Mascherano, martin Demichelis, Ever Banega, Educardo C Salvio, Federico Fernandez, Ricardo Alvarez, Nicolas Burdisso, Mariano Andujar, Sergio Romero, Ezequel Garay, Fabian Rinaudo, Nocolas Otamendi, Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta, Jonas Gutierrez, Javier Pastore, Luis Gonzalez, Lisandro Lopez, Cristian Ansaldi, Nicolas Pareja, Marcos Rojo, Jose Sosa and Esteban 

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Poster made to promote the match in kolkotta

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