Football fans in Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, went wild as Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 to make it into the World Cup final.

The match was displayed on a large screen in the village where many locals watched the game unfold.

One of the villagers said: "The World Cup should happen in our country. That's our only desire."

Location : Kanniyakumari, Tamilnadu India

Two goals from Julian Alvarez and one from Lionel Messi guided Argentina to a 3-0 win over Croatia in the first semi-final of the FIFA World Cup 2022 at the Lusail Stadium. This news brought all joy to the small village in Tamilnadu that has a big fan base for the FIFA world cup.

Chinnathurai is a small fishing hamlet in Kanniyakumari district where the people of the village love football to the core.

Yesterday s match were Argentina and Croatia locked horns and finally as the villagers expected Argentina won the semi finals. This match was displayed on big LED screens at the center of the village. They we're dressed in Argentina players uniform.

They bursted crackers and blew whistles in order to show their joy.

Tiny hamlet of in rejoces the Argentina s victory. Giant screens and many cut-outs of football stars also have been placed here...

The fishing villagers favourite past time is playing foot ball here. From the tiny toddlers too the elders football is more connected to them. Tattooing the favourite players images on hands and raising banners, Walls of the houses being painted with logos of the famous teams etc the villages has a lot of love and craze for the football here.

One of the villagers said "Worldcup should happen in our country. Thats our only desire ". But this village that worships football like anything does not even have a ground to practise football is the bitter truth..