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Lionel Messi’s Indian diehard fan succumbs after imitating the Argentine

Lionel Messi walks of the pitch after painful 4-3 loss to France in Round 16 of Russia World Cup. [Photo/Courtesy]

A Lionel Messi diehard fan from Kolkata, India has reportedly died after getting injured while trying to replicate moves made by Argentine in football pitch, Indian media reveals.

A news report published by The Times of India has reported that Sagar Das was rushed to Kamarhati Sagar Dutta Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, July 4, after he ‘lost his balance and the ball hit his chest.’

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