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Lionel Messi's tour of India kicked off chaotically on Saturday as fans threw objects, ripped up seats and invaded the pitch at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium after the Argentine soccer great made only a brief appearance at a ticketed event.

Earlier in the day, Messi had virtually unveiled a 70-foot iron statue of himself holding the FIFA World Cup trophy at Lake Town’s Sree Bhumi Sporting Club.

Lionel Messi has arrived in Hyderabad for the second leg of his GOAT India Tour. He has been received by Telangana CM Revnath Reddy and has reached the Ravij Gandhi Stadium for the rest of the ceremony,