Messi, now 38, is an Olympic gold medalist, a FIFA World Cup 2022 winner, and a two-time Copa America champion.

Argentina’s World Cup-winning icon Lionel Messi’s trip to Kerala for a friendly match has been postponed, sponsors announced on Saturday.

Argentina was supposed to play a friendly match against the Australian men’s football team at Kochi’s Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium on November 17, and the Argentina Football Association (AFA) had conducted an inspection of the venue back in September, as per Olympics.com.

The Kerala visit was part of the team’s provisional itinerary for friendly matches scheduled for this year’s FIFA International Window in November.

According to the sponsors, there was a delay in receiving FIFA’s permission, and they added that the match would be

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