Rivals under the same roof: Till soccer does these Bollywood couples apart

India may have little chance of qualifying for a berth in the FIFA World Cup anytime soon but thatrsquos not to say that we donrsquot have a fair share of football fans in the country In fact therersquos an enormous appetite for football in the country An online survey recently reported that 50 percent of Indians claim to be football fans and plan to watch the World Cup this yearCatch all the FIFA World Cup 2014 action hereOur very own tinseltown is not far behind either Many Bollywood celebs are fanatic lovers of the sport so much so that some couples will be fighting it out as they cheer for their favourite football teams and stars In fact with most couples supporting different teams and players it is clear that the battle lines have been drawn nowhitlist gives you the lowdown on whorsquos supporting whom this yearArshad Warsi and Maria GorettiBoth Arshad and Maria support Brazil and they will be seen sporting the Brazil jersey but Mariarsquos favourite player is Lionel Messi Meanwhile Arshad says that he is rooting for Brazil captain Thiago Silva ldquoI think girls support players who look cute but for me itrsquos all about talent on the field I think Silva is the underdog much like Dhoni He is very calm and composedrdquoKabir Khan and Mini MathurMini points out that while she keeps oscillating between Brazil and Argentina her filmmaker husband is an ardent supporter of the latter ldquoI am a soccer mom because my son Vivaan is soccer crazy and plays for his school team He loves Brazilrdquo Interestingly the family members have favourite players from the other team as well ldquoVivaan and Kabir adore Neymar who plays for Brazil whereas my favourite player is Lionel Messi ArgentinardquoTeejay Sidhu and Karanvir BohraA hardcore Argentina fan Karanvir is supporting Argentina and Lionel Messi is his favourite player But wife Teejay is rooting for Uruguay and Diego Forlan ldquoDiego is my alltime favourite I watched every match World Cup match the last time around because of him For me hersquos the player to watch out for Irsquom only watching the World Cup matches for himrdquo says TeejaySahil Sangha and Dia MirzaThey are always seen together at every event but when they sit down to watch World Cup matches this year they will be rivals So while Dia is an ardent Germany fan Sahil is supporting Brazil ldquoI will be sporting a Germany jersey never mind whom he supports Therersquos going to be a war at homerdquo she jokesRaj Kundra and Shilpa ShettyShilpa is a hardcore Messi Fan and is rooting for Argentina while Raj Kundra is supporting England ldquoItrsquos like home for me and my favourite player is John Terryrdquo says KundraChitrani and Bappi LahiriThe music director recently composed a song to mark the World Cup season Bappi da will be sporting Spainrsquos jersey while wife Chitrani will be rooting for BrazilErica Packard and Siddhant KapoorThe actor who is known for playing different character roles is a big Messi fan and will be seen supporting Argentina On the other hand his model girlfriend Erica Packard is a Ronaldo fan and she will be supporting PortugalShreyas and Dipti TalpadeBoth Shreyas and Dipti Talpade are football fans But while Dipti loves Neymar and wants the host country Brazil to take home the World Cup Shreyas is rooting for Argentina and MessiInputs by Urmimala Banerjee