Argentina’s national football team , led by Lionel Messi, will not be coming to Kerala next month, despite earlier claims made by the state’s Sports Minister V Abdurahiman. The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has now confirmed their November schedule, which does not include any visit to India.

“The Argentine national team, led by Lionel Scaloni, will travel to Spain in November for training and then move to Luanda for their only friendly against Angola on Friday the 14th,” AFA said in an official statement on Saturday.

Adding to it AFA mentioned, “After the match, the delegation will return to the old continent (South America) to continue their training until November 18th, the day the FIFA World Cup concludes”.

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