Argentina brand ambassadors for Malappuram district!
Shafiq and Nithumon, the self proclaimed Brand ambassadors of Argentina team.
They visit all the nearby fan clubs, gets a warm welcome, especially from Argentina fans clubs.
They purchased this scooter only for the World cup 2010. Spent around Rs.1000 for stickering.
Argentina cars!
Shiju, a business man wanted to do something different this World cup. So, he decided to sticker his two cars. He attended all the road shows related to the World cup
He spent around Rs 3000 per car for the stickering work.
The official means of transportation for Argentina fans
Portugal and Italy fan clubs! The banner has a complete World cup fixture too.
I saw this person in a Brazil Vs Argentina match organised at Areekode. Notice the strange percussion instrument.
Cheer leader for Argentina team in a match against Brazil at Areekode.
Meet Sukumaran, a die hard Brazil fan. He made this World cup replica in cement. It took two days for him to make the cup. One day for molding and another for painting. He says he has made this World cup for Brazil to win. This cup was given to the winning team, Brazil in the match organized at a place named Makkarapparamba, near Malappuram and again in Areekode match, where both Brazil and Argentina were declared joint winners!
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Monday 5 July 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.