A 12-year-old boy impersonating football legend Lionel Messi landed the perfect free-kick through a ring that had been hung at the top right corner of the goalpost in southern India's Kerala. (May 3)<br /><br />The visual came out of Mampad town in Malappuram district.<br /><br />The video shows the boy, identified as Mishal Abulais, wearing the shirt of the Argentinian-bred star Lionel Messi as he is over-looking the ball and sizing up his target.<br /><br />He then proceeds to kick the ball that curls into the hoop hung on the top corner of the post. The ball swings through the ring and lands up in a perfect goal.<br /><br />The youngster then celebrated like his idol, going down on his knees and staring at the skies while raising his arms in the air.<br /><br />According to reports, Abulais is a seventh standard student of Kattumunda Government UP School.<br /><br />He was encouraged by his brother, Vajid, to pick up sports and has been coaching for at least four years.
