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Lionel Messi’s itinerary in Hyderabad revealed after chaos in Kolkata event which led to vandalism from angry fans | Football News

Lionel Messi’s itinerary in Hyderabad revealed after chaos in Kolkata event which led to vandalism from angry fans | Football News

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Hyderabad will be the second stop on footballing superstar Lionel Messi’s trip to India as he was scheduled to land in the Telangana capital in the afternoon. He will have a packed schedule in Hyderabad before he leaves for the final two cities on his GOAT Tour trip: Mumbai and New Delhi. The event in Kolkata saw chaos after fans invaded the pitch and threw projectiles after being left angry at Messi’s short stay in the middle. After the vandalism encountered at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, where fans also invaded the pitch and tired to burn the sofas for VIPs, the superstar flew to Hyderabad. But the event in Telangana will be a much better managed event, assured Shiva Sena Reddy, the Chairman of Sports Authority of Telangana. Reddy assured fans, via an interview with news agency PTI, that Lionel Messi’s Hyderabad appearance will be conducted smoothly. “Today there will be a small 20-minute friendly game between Messi and CM’s XIs. It will be followed by Messi holding a football clinic for young players. I would …

AIFF on Lionel Messi’s event in Kolkata: ‘AIFF was not involved, was private event organised by PR agency’ | Football News

AIFF on Lionel Messi’s event in Kolkata: ‘AIFF was not involved, was private event organised by PR agency’ | Football News

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Lionel Messi’s short trip to Kolkata ended with angry fans invading the pitch and throwing projectiles like chairs and bottles onto the pitch at Salt Lake Stadium after the Argentine superstar made a short 20-minute appearance on the pitch while being flanked by over a hundred people, including security forces and VIPs. Ugly scenes from the venue showed fans vandalising sofas at the venue for VIPs and even trying to light a fire in the stadium. In the aftermath, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee apologised to Messi via X and ordered an enquiry commission. The chief organiser of the event Satadru Dutta was also arrested from the airport by the Kolkata police. FOLLOW LIVE | Lionel Messi India GOAT Tour Updates: Messi to arrive in Hyderabad after Kolkata chaos; CM Mamata Banerjee orders enquiry, apologises to star Fans pose amidst the ruins of banners and chairs during the Kolkata leg of Lionel Messi’s GOAT Tour inside the Salt Lake Stadium. (Express Photo by Partha Paul) As anger continues to simmer in Kolkata, the All …

Lionel Messi considers Pep Guardiola the best manager

Lionel Messi considers Pep Guardiola the best manager

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In his long and illustrious career, football legend Lionel Messi has played under several coaches and managers, but considers Pep Guardiola a cut above the rest. The Argentine, considered by many as the best player in the history of the game, has won innumerable club honours and also won the 2022 World Cup for his country with Lionel Scaloni as the head coach, but the 38-year-old retains a soft spot for the Catalan who was at the helm at Barcelona at the start of his career. “For me, Guardiola is unique,” Messi told ESPN. “There are extraordinarily good coaches, but he has something different. For me, he’s the best of all of them.” After leaving Barcelona after a highly successful stint in which they won 14 major titles between 2008 and 2012 with Messi being one of the main pillars of the side, Guardiola went to Bayern Munich and is now guiding Manchester City. The success that Guardiola enjoyed wasn’t just a result of the players at his disposal, but the manager contributed a lot …

‘Rated 8 out of 10 by his son’: Nervous Novak Djokovic shares experience of ‘King’ Leo Messi meeting at Miami Open | Tennis News

‘Rated 8 out of 10 by his son’: Nervous Novak Djokovic shares experience of ‘King’ Leo Messi meeting at Miami Open | Tennis News

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Even as Novak Djokovic dominated the proceedings against Grigor Dimitrov during a 69-minute victory to reach the Inter Miami Open final on Friday, the 24-time Grand Slam winner experienced some jitters on court in the presence of another legendary sports figure in Lionel Messi. The Argentine football superstar was in attendance during Djokovic’s 6-2, 6-3 win that put the Serb within touching distance of a staggering 100th career title. Djokovic later hailed Messi and shared the experience of catching up with the football icon’s family. “It’s a great honour to have King Leo in the stands. I think it’s the first time I’ve played in front of Messi, and honestly, I was a little nervous,” said Djokovic. Story continues below this ad “I am very grateful for his attendance with his family. I have always been a fan of him, as most of the world has, throughout his career.” Djokovic was also asked about Messi in his press conference. “I’ve watched him play a few times. I think the finals of World Cup, I watched …

Champions League: Angel Di Maria surpasses Lionel Messi’s assists tally, sits one shy of Cristiano Ronaldo | Football News

Champions League: Angel Di Maria surpasses Lionel Messi’s assists tally, sits one shy of Cristiano Ronaldo | Football News

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Benfica’s Angel Di Maria surpassed Argentina teammate Lionel Messi to rise up to the second position on the list of all time assists at the Champions League. He has 41 assists, one more than Messi and just one shy of Cristiano Ronaldo. In the match against Monaco in the Champions League on Wednesday, Di Maria assisted twice to help his team win the match with a score of 3-2. Benfica were trailing 2-1 when in the 84th minute from the left flank, Di Maria sent the ball spinning in the air and into the box with teammate Arthur Carbral scoring a header for the equaliser. The show wasn’t done yet though, as Di Maria struck again in 89th minute, this time from the right as he whipped in sumptuous cross to Zeki Amdouni who headed the ball above the keeper and into the net to for the late winner. The 36-year-old winger’s performance was lauded by the entire stadium and he eventually won a well deserving Player of the Match after carefully stitching a well …

Rohan Shrestha on his shoot with Leo Messi: After the shoot he came back and hugged me; I wept | Bollywood

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Bollywood photographer Rohan Shrestha released his photo series with football player Lionel Messi, after witnessing Argentina’s win at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Interestingly, Shrestha is a massive Messi fan, and has been a follower of his work right when the footballer made his debut at 17 in 2004. “This is beyond my dreams, it was my fantasy,” says the 37-year-old. The first time when Shrestha’s friend pitched him for the shoot, the photographer “couldn’t even take it seriously initially”. It took almost a month and a half for Shrestha to finally get to shoot Messi after having that conversation first. “It was a month of sleepless nights. You are always worrying before it because you always think about the worst-case scenario,” he mentions. Shrestha is the first Indian photographer to shoot Messi, who is a current sensation all across the globe. Shrestha reveals the entire process of the shoot was so well planned that he even did a mock shoot with a model just a day before the big shoot with Messi. …