Messi's appearance was abruptly cut short after 20 mins as fans began throwing debris in reaction to being kept at a distance from the star

The police commissioner said the Lionel Messi's Kolkata event was scheduled to last nearly two hours but was cut short to just 20 minutes after chaos erupted.

The opening leg of Messi's four-city 'GOAT India Tour 2025' in Kolkata descended into chaos on Saturday morning due to poor crowd management and security lapses, with the Argentine superstar surrounded and pushed by selfie-seeking politicians and VIPs.

Lionel Messi's GOAT Tour of India has ended. After a disastrous Kolkata leg, where fans were enraged at not being able to see the football superstar properly, the other legs of the tour in Hyderabad,

Kolkata's Messi event descended into chaos due to severe mismanagement by organisers, according to Police Commissioner Mukesh Kumar. A planned two-hour spectacle was drastically cut to 20 minutes, sparking crowd anger and unrest.

Bengali actor Subhashree Ganguly's pictures with Lionel Messi at the ill-fated Kolkata event earned her the internet's ire.

Delhi Police issued a traffic advisory for Messi's GOAT India Tour at Arun Jaitley Stadium on 15 December, from 1 PM to 4 PM. Traffic slowdowns and diversions are expected, and commuters are advised to plan ahead.