Football fever in India

AFP Published June 11, 2014
An Indian boy heads a football in front of graffiti of Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi at the roadside in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.
An Indian boy heads a football in front of graffiti of Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi at the roadside in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.
An Indian artist gives the finishing touches to clay models of football players inside a workshop prior to delivery to a local football club in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.
An Indian artist gives the finishing touches to clay models of football players inside a workshop prior to delivery to a local football club in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.
An Indian artist gives finishing touches graffiti of Brazilian soccer player Neymar as a plastic football vendor looks on at the roadside in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.
An Indian artist gives finishing touches graffiti of Brazilian soccer player Neymar as a plastic football vendor looks on at the roadside in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.
An Indian artist gives finishing touch to a poster in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.
An Indian artist gives finishing touch to a poster in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.
India football enthusiast Nilesh Kadam has a FIFA World Cup trophy logo painted into a haircut at a salon in Mumbai on June 9, 2014
India football enthusiast Nilesh Kadam has a FIFA World Cup trophy logo painted into a haircut at a salon in Mumbai on June 9, 2014
India football enthusiast Abhijit Chavan has a FIFA World Cup scene painted into a haircut at a salon in Mumbai on June 9, 2014.
India football enthusiast Abhijit Chavan has a FIFA World Cup scene painted into a haircut at a salon in Mumbai on June 9, 2014.
An Indian artist gives finishing touches to a clay idol of Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi (R) alongside a clay idol of Brazilian soccer player Neymar and a replica of FIFA World Cup for a football club, outside the workshop in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.
An Indian artist gives finishing touches to a clay idol of Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi (R) alongside a clay idol of Brazilian soccer player Neymar and a replica of FIFA World Cup for a football club, outside the workshop in Kolkata on June 10, 2014.

Football fans in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata are gearing up for the upcoming Brazil FIFA World Cup 2014 and decorating their clubs with football-related paraphernalia.

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SM
Jun 11, 2014 06:01pm
Cant wait for the greatest show on earth to begin! Some nice clay models there. Go Argentina.
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@H__3
Jun 12, 2014 01:30am
One player with a puffy hair style looks like Tendulkar :D
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Sumit Mazumdar
Jun 12, 2014 06:58am
I am from Calcutta. If one forgets a few professional sportspersons (Saurav Ganguly for instance) the people from the city have strong aversion to any sport and physical activity, unless you consider marching in the streets or running to see their IPL heroes as a sport activity! Sad, because some of India's greatest soccer players in the past came from here, including Chuni Goswami, P K Bannerjea and Balaram, who took the Indian soccer team to the Asian cup in the 1950s and the Olympic quarter final in 1956, where they lost to the Olympic champions Hungary. Calcutta now is all talk and no real play.
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VJ
Jun 14, 2014 09:42am
Wow !! Nice pictures. It is worth to check out the streets of Kerala during World Cup ! The road shows, where youngsters wear masks and jerseys sporting images of Neymar and Messi, the people celebrate like crazy !!
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