Kochi, Sept. 24 -- The Argentina national football team, including its star striker Lionel Messi, is expected to play a friendly match in Kerala's Kochi in November, officials familiar with the matter said. Hector Daniel Cabrera, the venue manager of the Argentina Football Association (AFA), landed in Kochi on Tuesday and held talks with Kerala sports minister V Abdurahiman about the arrangements being made in connection with the visit of the world champions. Cabrera visited the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which hosts the Indian Super League (ISL) games of the Kerala Blasters, along with the minister and officials of the Reporter Broadcasting Company (RBC), which is sponsoring the visit of the team, and assessed the facilities at the stadium. "I am going to see the hotels where the team will stay and the stadium (where the match will be played) to assess the conditions before the team's arrival in November. I am grateful to the state government for arranging my visit," Cabrera told reporters. He is expected to fly back on Wednesday. Minister Abdurahiman said the repair works at the stadium for the match will be completed in a month. "We confirmed Kochi as the venue for the connectivity access to the airport and sufficient number of hotels."...