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At the Games Forest Club, students from the Vision Royal Rangers Football Academy are keeping their excitement for the tournament charged with early morning matches<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018There\u2019s nothing like too many <\/span>jerseys<\/span>\u2019<\/span>For many football fans, the road to the World Cup begins long before the opening whistle \u2013 with a new jersey. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like too many jerseys when it is World Cup season,\u201d says Madhur Chaudhary, a Messi fan. Naturally, the tournament brings a noticeable uptick in business for retailers catering to football enthusiasts. \u201cMessi and Ronaldo jerseys continue to be our bestsellers,\u201d says Nimit Soni, a vendor at Palika Bazaar. \u201cWe\u2019re already seeing increased footfall from football fans, and we expect the craziness to double over the coming week. Spain jerseys are selling \u201dShivam Negi, coach at Grassroots Academy in Noida, says, \u201cA lot of my students have started buying new jerseys.\u201d Many parents are turning to markets like Palika Bazaar for affordable replicas of expensive merchandise.For Noida-based Kunwardeep Singh Budhraja, the World Cup fever arrived early. Ahead of the tournament, his twin sons Reyhan and Meyhan, got new jerseys of their favourite players. \u201cThey\u2019ve both got new kits. While one backs Messi, the other is firmly in Ronaldo\u2019s camp,\u201d he says<\/p>\n\n
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For many football fans, the road to the World Cup begins long before the opening whistle \u2013 with a new jersey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe jerseys this season are phenomenal. I\u2019ve already bought Uruguay\u2019s and Brazil\u2019s kits, and there are a few more on my radar. My room is decked out with Brazil flags and Neymar posters. The match timings will be challenging, especially with my office ending around 7.30pm, but I\u2019m already adjusting my sleep schedule. I\u2019ll probably sleep early and wake up before the morning games, and even tweak my work hours when possible to make sure I don\u2019t miss the important games,\u201d says Himadri Saha, a 30-year-old employee at a SaaS startup.<\/p>\n\n
Like every football fan, I eagerly wait for the World Cup. The match timings are a bit concerning this time.. but I\u2019m used to watching football late at night, so surviving on two or three hours of sleep before office doesn\u2019t worry me much<\/p>\n
Aryan Dwivedi, a 25-year-old office-goer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018FIFA is a once-in-four-years event, so the hype is always high\u2019<\/span>For football fan Chandrabhanu Rituraj, the World Cup means recalibrating both workdays and weekends. \u201cThe World Cup is a once-in-four-years event, so the hype is always high,\u201d says the corporate lawyer. \u201cFor the big matches, I\u2019m planning to head to clubs and cheer with other fans,\u201d he says, adding, \u201cI guess I\u2019m about to unlock a new superpower \u2013 surviving corporate life without sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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\u2018FIFA is a once-in-four-years event, so the hype is always high\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
For NCR\u2019s football communities, the World Cup extends well beyond the 90 minutes on screen. Dynamos Ultras, a Delhi-based football community with over 500 members, plans to keep the conversation alive even for those unable to catch every match live. The group intends to share updates, storylines, and match highlights through its social media channels throughout the competition. The offline plans are equally spirited. \u201cI\u2019ll call my mates over, have good food and chill while watching the game we all love,\u201d says Manu Raghav, who leads the community, \u201cWe\u2019ll do a weekend watch marathon of the matches back to back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Some games are going to be worth sacrificing your sleep for. A clash like Norway vs France, which is basically Mbapp\u00e9 vs Haaland, you just can\u2019t miss that. The big games are the ones I\u2019ll watch with my friends \u2013 we\u2019ll either host a watch party or end up at someone\u2019s house with caffeine and snacks<\/p>\n
Aakash Warman, a Climate and Sustainability Researcher who is a fan of the Spain team<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018We will make an occasion out of watching matches\u2019<\/span>Many football fans are planning to make match-viewing a shared experience. \u201cWe\u2019re really looking forward to the World Cup this weekend,\u201d says Kevin Samuel, a Noida-based Portugal team supporter. \u201cFor the big games and weekends, we\u2019re planning to head to a sports bar together. A group of us from our residential society play football on the turf almost every day, so this feels like a natural extension of that. We\u2019ll watch the matches together and make an occasion out of it.\u201d At Humans of Football, a community of over 20,000 members, the tournament is expected to bring together footballers. \u201cAround 500 members from our community will be heading to the live screenings at the United8 Sports Fan Park in Delhi,\u201d says Siddhant Dahiya, co-founder of Humans of Football. \u201cMany people are also planning to play the game themselves on turfs across Delhi before settling in to watch the matches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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Delhi-based fans Anshul Parashar and Rohit Jayal took their love for the game to the streets by shooting a cinematic video with the World Cup\u2019s official match ball<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
With inputs from Abhradip Das and Mannat Saini<\/span><\/div>\n
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