GOAT India Tour 2025 begins. (Photo- PTI)
Lionel Messi GOAT India Tour 2025: The long wait for Indian football fans is over. Argentina’s legendary footballer Lionel Messi has come to India after 14 years. He is going to stay in India for 3 days and will meet fans in 4 cities under ‘GOAT India Tour 2025’. He reached Kolkata airport at 1.30 am, accompanied by his former Barcelona teammate Luis Suarez and Argentina teammate Rodrigo de Paul. Lionel Messi is also going to play a football match on the first day of the tour.
GOAT India Tour 2025 begins
Lionel Messi got a warm welcome in Kolkata. Thousands of fans gathered on the streets holding Argentine jerseys, flags, banners and posters in their hands. During this time, fans kept waiting for hours outside Hotel Hyatt Regency and in the lobby, shouting slogans of ‘Messi-Messi’. However, due to security reasons, Messi was taken to the hotel from the back entrance, due to which many fans standing outside could not get a glimpse of him. Let us tell you, Messi is the brand ambassador of United Nations’ child organization UNICEF, under this he is doing GOAT India Tour in India.
#WATCH West Bengal , Star footballer Lionel Messi arrives in Kolkata, officially kicking off his GOAT India Tour 2025. Visuals from outside the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. pic.twitter.com/WCcWeiH2D8
— ANI (@ANI) December 12, 2025
Schedule of the first day of GOAT India Tour
Lionel Messi is on a tour of Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi as part of GOAT India Tour. Messi will start meeting people in Kolkata from 9:30 am, after which he is going to virtually unveil his 70 feet high statue at Yuva Bharti Stadium at around 11.30 am. Then he will meet Sourav Ganguly, Shahrukh Khan and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He will also play a friendly match at around 12.30 pm. After this, Messi will leave for Hyderabad at 2 pm.
Lionel Messi will reach Hyderabad at around 4 pm. In Hyderabad, Messi will take part in a football match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, in which Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy will also play in this match. At the same time, a musical program will also be organized in Messi’s honor in the evening. During this time, the organizers have organized a meet and greet session for the fans in which people can shake hands with Messi and take photos with him. However, for this you will have to pay Rs 9.95 lakh + GST (approximately Rs 10 lakh).