Lionel Messi
December 2025

Lionel Messi’s highly hyped appearance in Kolkata turned ugly as overcrowding, pitch invasions and political entourages restricted visibility, left fans furious and forced the Argentina icon to leave after barely twenty minutes, turning a showcase event into a public relations embarrassment. With more than eighty thousand fans inside Salt Lake Stadium, dozens of politicians, officials and celebrities swarmed Messi on the pitch, overwhelming security and triggering unrest in the stands, where angry supporters ripped seats and threw objects while organisers rushed the Inter Miami group away for safety.