Brazil’s FIFA World Cup-winning captain Cafu to go to Kolkata in build-up to match

FIFA World Cup 2022: Brazil’s World Cup-winning captain from the 2002 version, Cafu is about to go to Kolkata within the build-up to the match. Cafu, a much-loved determine within the football-crazy metropolis shared the message by way of a video.

Kolkata,UPDATED: Oct 31, 2022 23:35 IST

Cafu (proper) pictured with Ronaldo. (Courtesy: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: Legendary Brazil captain Cafu is about to go to Kolkata within the run as much as the FIFA World Cup, set to be hosted in Qatar from 20 November. Cafu, Brazil’s captain within the 2002 title-winning marketing campaign can be visiting the football-crazy metropolis, the Brazilian nice 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 new company PTI

“Kolkata is a very special place and I have heard that people of Bengal has huge Brazilian fan following,” he added. The 52-year-old will inaugurate the Kolkata Police Friendship Cup and play a charity match. Cafu will even be having a soccer workshop with budding younger abilities within the metropolis, the organisers introduced.

The soccer followers of Kolkata are typically divided in two groups throughout the World Cup, Brazil and Argentina. The metropolis is draped within the colors of those two groups because the followers have a good time the love and ache of their particular person groups.

Cafu has a long-running relationship with town since their marketing campaign within the 2002 World Cup and is liked as town’s personal. The new Brazil facet, with its distinctive repository of expertise will come into the World Cup, hoping to the win the title. The workforce is at present on the high of the FIFA rankings and has gamers like Neymar, Casemiro, Vinicius Jr amongst others.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Oct 31, 2022