FIFA World Cup 2022: Brazil’s World Cup-winning captain from the 2002 edition, Cafu is set to check out Kolkata in the accumulation to the competition. Cafu, a much-loved figure in the football-crazy city shared the message through a video.
Kolkata, UPDATED: Oct 31, 2022 23: 35 IST
Cafu (best) envisioned with Ronaldo. (Courtesy: Reuters)
By India Today Web Desk: Legendary Brazil captain Cafu is set to go to Kolkata in the added to the FIFA World Cup, set to be hosted in Qatar from 20 November. Cafu, Brazil’s captain in the 2002 title-winning project will be checking out the football-crazy city, the Brazilian excellent stated in a video message on Monday, 31 October.
” Here is Captain Cafu see you see in India in November,” the two-time World Cup winner stated in his video message, reported brand-new firm PTI
” Kolkata is a really unique location and I have actually heard that individuals of Bengal has substantial Brazilian fan following,” he included. The 52- year-old will inaugurate the Kolkata Police Friendship Cup and play a charity match. Cafu will likewise be having a football workshop with budding young skills in the city, the organisers revealed.
The football fans of Kolkata are typically divided in 2 groups throughout the World Cup, Brazil and Argentina. The city is curtained in the colours of these 2 groups as the fans commemorate the love and discomfort of their private groups.
Cafu has a long-running relationship with the city considering that their project in the 2002 World Cup and is liked as the city’s own. The brand-new Brazil side, with its remarkable repository of skill will enter into the World Cup, wishing to the win the title. The group is presently at the top of the FIFA rankings and has gamers like Neymar, Casemiro