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Panjim: In an unfortunate incident that shook Indian football fans, two youths from Kerala’s Malappuram district, who were riding to Goa to watch the finals of the Indian Super League (ISL) died in a road accident on early Sunday morning.
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The accident happened at Uduma in Kasargod district of Kerala. The youths, Jamsheer and Mohammed Shabir were travelling in a two-wheeler when a mini lorry hit their vehicle from behind killing the two on the spot.
Malappuram is regarded as the soccer capital of Kerala with umpteen football tournaments. In the ISL final held in Goa on Sunday, Kerala home team, Kerala Blasters, fought hard against Hyderabad FC to finally go down 3-1.
Fans from the Malappuram district reached Goa in seven luxury buses. A total of 14,000 tickets were been sold for the match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Goa which has a capacity of 13,000 seats. Most of the tickets were bought by the fans of the Kerala Blasters team.
