Hyderabad: The GOAT Tour of Lionel Messi reached Hyderabad with the Argentine football legend making an appearance at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Uppal in Hyderabad on Saturday, despite his first stop in Kolkata causing huge controversy after his blink-and-miss performance at the Salt Lake Stadium, for which fans had forked out huge amounts for tickets.

Messi reached the Telangana capital earlier in the afternoon and appeared in many photo-ops, seen kicking a ball with kids and interacting and chilling with one of the officials. He also met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Telangana Chief Minister Revant Reddy.

At the Uppal Stadium, the Argentine star stayed inside one of the VIP boxes and was shown waving at the camera to make a fleeting appearance on the big screen insid

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