Lionel Messi’s tour of India started chaotically on Saturday as fans booed, ripped up seats and threw them on the pitch after the Argentina and Inter Miami forward’s appeared for only 20 minutes during an appearance to Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata.
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One man said fans had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100) for tickets but Messi had been surrounded by an entourage so it was impossible to even see his face
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