Lionel Messi, Salt Lake stadium and Kolkata
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At least three Public Interest Litigations (PILs), including one filed by BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari, were submitted in the Calcutta high court on Monday
Lionel Messi's tour of India kicked off on a chaotic note on Saturday as fans ripped up seats and threw them onto the pitch after the Argentina and Inter Miami forward's brief visit to the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata,
Kolkata's Messi event descended into chaos due to severe mismanagement by organisers, according to Police Commissioner Mukesh Kumar. A planned two-hou
Inside details have now emerged and it has come to light that even Lionel Messi was unhappy with the mismanagement at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium.
Fans in Kolkata threw ripped-up stadium seats, invaded the pitch and broke the stage after paying big money to see the soccer great, only to have him shielded from view by a large entourage.
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Bengal Governor ‘denied’ entry into Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium, hours after Messi event fiasco
C V Ananda Bose described the denial of entry as an affront to the constitutional position of the Governor, and sought a reply from the authorities.
Messi last visited India in September 2011, when he captained Argentina in a friendly match against Venezuela at Kolkata’s Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium). Over 75,000 fans witnessed Argentina’s 1–0 victory, sealed by defender Nicolás Otamendi.