Binu Alex, 30, was reported missing since Friday. His ‘suicide note’ saying he has nothing to look forward to now.

He was last seen watching the FifaWorld Cup match, according to his parents, has been missing from the house since 4am, a police officer, told IANS.

A team of police divers and locals on Friday searched the Meenachil river that flows by Arumannoor near here. However, the search was hampered due to heavy downpour. The body was finally found near Illickal.

“A quick search revealed a suicide note in which he says he is leaving the world as he has nothing more to watch and see,” said the officer.

A close relative of Alex told IANS that he was a hardcore Messi fan and his mobile phone had a picture of Messi as the wallpaper.

“On Thursday, he purchased a T shirt like the one worn by Messi and sat down to watch the match. In the morning when his mother got up at 4am to prepare food for Alex, she saw that the back door of the kitchen was open and immediately called her husband.

“They then went to check on Alex and found that he was missing,” said the relative, adding that police was called then.

Alex was unmarried and works as an accountant in a private company here.

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Scoring against Argentina isn’t that difficult, says Ahmed Musa

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The Super Eagles could find themselves relying on the Group D leaders – who plan to leave big names out against Iceland – to reach the knockout stages.

Two goals from Ahmed Musa ensured Nigeria remain in the hunt for a place in the knockout stages as they saw off Iceland in Volgograd.

Nigeria Super Eagles needs a victory over Argentina in Saint Petersburg to reach the last 16 for the fourth time in history.

And though a defeat to the Argentina would confirm their elimination, a draw would mean they require Croatia to do them a favour against Iceland.

Croatia have already booked their place in the latter stages of the competition, and as such manager Zlatko Dalic has vowed to leave out some of his star players in a bid to conserve their fitness.

Nigeria have faced Argentina four times in their previous five World Cup appearances, losing on all four occasions, but the form of the South American outfit have raised hopes that the Super Eagles can end that run.

Despite having Lionel Messi in their number, Jorge Sampaoli’s side have picked up just one point from their two games thus far, including an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Croatia on Thursday.

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Just when it seemed that Iceland were crafting another masterclass in defensive suffocation, despite a Volgograd evening hot enough to remind them of their geothermal springs, Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa struck twice to derail the dream.

At a stroke, the complexion of Group D was transformed, while the Icelandic fans’ much-loved thunderclap chant rang out, by the end, with barely a fraction of its customary Viking menace.

Nigeria and Argentina will play on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 when Iceland face group winner Croatia.

The games happen simultaneously so that nobody has an advantage in knowing the other result before they play.

There are 4 things the German tactician cannot afford on Tuesday:

Cannot afford to drop either Etebo or Ndidi

Unless one of these players is very unfit, they must be fielded against Argentina in what is now a must-win match for Super Eagles of Nigeria.

Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr must NOT drop Wilfred Ndidi for Ogenyi Onazi

Cannot afford to be lackadaisical from the first minute

The Super Eagles cannot start the match against Argentina, lacking any tempo. They must start the match as if they are two goals down [which they really are] and looking for the equaliser. Victor Moses has called for an early goal and that is a very good advice. ”We have a plan to apply for Argentina in the hope of scoring goals early and making them feel bad,” Moses told fotbolti.net.

Cannot afford to play a lone striker

In all the matches played before the start of the World Cup, the only encounter in which Rohr has employed a lone striker and scored more than one goal was against Cameroon in the qualifiers for Russia 2018. Against Poland, Serbia, Congo DR, and England – the Eagles lacked numbers in the opposition box to convert chances. Against Iceland, Eagles played with two strikers. In Argentina, the Eagles must get more numbers into the box to unsettle the Argentine defenders to score the needed goals.

Cannot afford to change the starting 11 that played against Icealand.

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Mexican authorities reported the reading was recorded at the exact time Mexico took the lead in their Group F World Cup opening match against Die Mannschaft.

Germany were the strong favourites going into the clash, but it was Mexico who started much the brighter side at the Luzhniki Stadium.

PSV winger Hirving Lozano found the back of the net with a spectacular effort ten minutes before the break, sparking wild scenes both inside the packed ground, and back in Mexico.

Mexico went on to win the game, so we can only imagine how wild the celebrations will be late into the night in both Russia and South America.

But it was the reaction immediately after Lozano’s goal that caused an “artificial” earthquake, as SIMMSA – the body monitoring and analysing seismic activity in Mexico – so brilliantly put it.

SIMMSA tweeted: “Earthquake detected in Mexico City during the goal by the national team in the World Cup.”

It later added: “The earthquake detected in Mexico City originated artificially. Possibly by massive jumps during the goal of the Mexico team in the World Cup. At least two sensors inside the City detected it.”

Germany boss Joachim Loew spoke out after his nation’s defeat and claimed theywere “jinxed” after their shock opening defeat.

“Everybody is really unhappy and crestfallen but we have to put this behind us,” said Loew. “Our team has experience of losses.

“We had a couple of shots, but it seemed jinxed and the ball did not go into the goal.

“In the first-half we played very badly. We were not able to impose our usual way of playing, attacking, and there were lots of counter-attacks against us and we were very vulnerable.

“In the second half, we were able to press more, but Mexico drew back and then carried the ball forward fast.”

Mexico’s match-winner Lozano said: “It’s one of the biggest wins in Mexico’s history, for sure and it’s the best goal I’ve scored in my life.

“We all dream of playing in a World Cup and to start in such a positive and important way – I think it’s my best goal by far.”

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Take a look through some of the best photos from Nigeria’s recent photo session. It looks like they might have had some fun in the process!

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The Super Eagles are the youngest team at this tournament, and have 18 players who could be taking part in a FIFA World Cup match for the first time.

Only skipper John Obi Mikel, Ahmed Musa, Victor Moses, Ogenyi Onazi and Kenneth Omeruo have previously played in the World Cup.

But one of the debutants, William Troost-Ekong, is relishing the chance for them to prove themselves on the world stage.

“Many of us will be playing at the World Cup for the first time, but this may work in our favour, as we may be underrated and so might surprise some teams. We will play without fear,” he commented.

Did you know?

Every time Nigeria have faced European opposition in their opening FIFA World Cup match, they have emerged victorious. Most recently, a thumping goal from Sunday Oliseh gave them a famous first-up victory over Spain at France 1998.

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