Lionel Messi is currently in India for his GOAT Tour 2025, a promotional event staged to connect the global football superstar with his local Indian fans. The sub-continent's football fanbase is described as one of the most passionate in the world. However, the highly anticipated appearance of the seven-time world's best football player, instead started with a disaster.
Excitement for the Argentine football star quickly disappeared when the event at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium erupted in shocking riots and vandalism. The massive scale of the disorder was widely documented by both the local and international media, causing worldwide embarrassment. Because of what happened, people now view Messi's GOAT event as an epic failure due to bad planning and execution.
