Nilambur (Kerala): Football personalities including World Cup-winner Lothar Matthaus and Liverpool’s free-kick specialist Xherdan Shaqiri showered praises on a video featuring a group of four students carrying out a free-kick routine.
In the video, fourth standard students — MV Pratyush, Lukman Hakim, M Aslaf and Adil – deceive their opponents with well-executed decoy runs before the final player lobs the ball above the defensive wall and into the back of the net as a hapless goalkeeper looks on.
The incident happened during a football game at GLP School, Poolappadam, in Kerala’s Malappuram district.
The video, which gone viral on social media, was posted by the fans’ brigade of Kerala Blasters, Manjappada.
Shortly after it was shared by 433, one of the largest football communities on the social media site.
The video has already amassed 5.2 million views.
This is the second such video to emerge out of Nilambur, a quaint little town in northern Kerala known for its love for football among other things.
