The Messi GOAT Tour of India, which was much awaited by many, arrived in Hyderabad after a long delay on December 13 and celebrated with a 7-a-side exhibition match with Lionel Messi as the main character. The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, the venue for the multi-city tour that started with Kolkata, and with its next stop being Mumbai, and New Delhi, saw the merging of sport and entertainment to pay tribute to one of the greatest footballers ever.

Messi was not alone on the pitch, he was accompanied by his Inter Miami teammates Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul, and even the Chief Minister of Telangana played with them for a short while. The night also had a music party, a lot of fan interaction, a mini-football training session, and all that made it a remarkable event in Messi’s Indi

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