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Yahoo Sports - Lionel Messi's tour of India kicked off on a chaotic note on Saturday as fans ripped up seats and threw them onto the pitch after his brief visit to the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata, the ANI news agency reported.

Messi is in India as part of his “GOAT” tour during which he is scheduled to attend concerts, youth football clinics, a Padel tournament and launch charitable initiatives at events in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi.

According to reports in Indian media, the 2022 World Cup winner walked around the pitch at the stadium waving to the fans, but was closely surrounded by a large group of people and left 20 minutes after arrival.

Video from ANI showed fans throwing ripped-up stadium seats and other objects onto the field and the athletics track at the site, with several people who had climbed over a fence surrounding the playing field hurling objects.

Messi was scheduled for a 45-minute visit to the stadium, but his appearance lasted just 20 minutes. Tickets for the event were priced from around 3,500 rupees ($38.65) – more than half of the average weekly income in India – but one fan said he had paid $130 (£99).

“Only leaders and actors were surrounding Messi... Why did they call us then? We have got a ticket for 12 thousand rupees [$132.51, £99], but we were not even able to see his face,” a fan at the stadium told ANI.

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Gifman•13 hours

I mean… these are people who shite in their streets.

DVinBR•8 hours

Those streets must be.... Messi

CalicoLSU1980•13 hours

What an absolute shite show. Messi then goes onto talk to the Indian audience in Spanish. I would be shocked if even 00.1% of that audience understood a lick of Spanish. He could’ve at least used English which is int’l language and the Indians that could afford those tickets, likely 50%+ could understand English

6R12•7 hours

That's why they can't have nice trains and things.

DoubleDown•8 hours

Wonder why stereotypes exist? Crazy.

CalicoLSU1980•14 hours

Jeez. 3rd world country type behavior. I’m glad no American would pay half their weekly income just to see not even a game, but just 1 man walk around for 20 minutes. Absurd. Also 99 euros is not $130. It’s around $115.

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