Around this time last year, cyber trollers in Kerala was busy with Kochi Metro and then Kerala BJP supremo and now the Governor of Mizoram Kummanam Rajasekharan. The hue and cry surrounding the inauguration of the metro, controversial free journey and the coinage of "Kummanadi", "Kummanaana" lasted for a very long time before the former word permanently adapted to cyber Malayam lexicon.
When Kochi celebrates the first anniversary of their city's metro service, the rest of the world is celebrating football with the games biggest tournament going on in Russia. Taking a day off from routine social and political topics, a good chunk of the ever-enthusiast Malayalam trolling fraternity seems to be concentrating on the FIFA World Cup 2018, joined by crazy fans of the state, who see the memes as a passionate tribute their favourite teams and an effective weapon against their rivals.
"Trolling is a light-hearted business, but creating them is always not. You need to stay up even after the late-night games get over to make trolls of those games. Then there are the "curtain-raisers" for the next day's games. A sincere 'Trollan' can think of sleep only after all this," Yadu Krishnan from Alappuzha laughs as he shares his World Cup routine.
All hell breaks loose as titans fall
Though the World Cup is too important to miss, it is the below-par performances by the big-names that is making the "Trollans" work overtime. Cristiano Ronaldo's one-man show against Spain was still being celebrated when Lionel Messi wasted a penalty against Iceland, denying Argentina victory against the newcomers. Behold - enter the trollers.
Looking at your teammates after missing a spot-kick be like:
The trollers have a solution to stop the repeated penalty-misses by the Argentina skipper:
Gonzalo Higuain is relieved that he was not on the field when Messi missed the penalty, or else he would have to bear the brunt of that too, like always:
And one for the Ronaldo-haters. Being "Penaldo" is not easy, converting them under pressure do takes great practice and skill. Just remember that!
It was Germany's turn next. With so much build-up and confidence came the defending champions for their opening fixture against Mexico. What was supposed to be a cakewalk turned out to be a graveyard for Loew's boys and this is what followed:
Of course, the classic "Pavanayi Savamayi" reference from "Naadodikkaattu" never gets old when it comes to big failures
When you perform the worst in the gang:
Mexico goalkeeper Ochoa be like: "Is that it Germany, want to shoot another 100??
The Mexican shot-stopper is Valkyrie from the Marvel Universe as she stops the "unassailable" German attack by Kroos (Thor) as Ozil (Loki) watches
Slippery Neymar
Hours after the upset came the Canaries brimming with confidence in the technical superiority and the pool of individual talents they possessed over opposing Switzerland. The outcome of the clash was two-fold. The Brazil fans, who trolled Argentina for a tie got a taste of their own medicine and Neymar, who was brought down countless times by the defenders were mocked for his slippery Samba dance.
Marcelo's tendency to push forward into the opposition half was portrayed through a scene from "Action Hero Biju" where coach Tite is seen aksing Neymar what is the defender doing in the attacking half..
That moment when you are watching Brazil's game live on your mobile phone and suddenly your friend calls; the vibration brings Neymar down again
The Brazil fans gave "Ice water" to Argentina fans, to get "Swiss chocolate" and "Swiss watch" in return..
With more high-profile matches and possible upsets on the way, the Malayalam cyber world is only going to get more entertaining only. Members of groups like Troll Football Malayalam, ICU and Troll Republic say they are ready to take on the challenge. So brace yourself Malayalees, more World Cup memes are coming!
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