Lionel Messi arrived in India for the GOAT tour. He was supposed to start his tour from Kolkata on the day of his arrival, which is the 13th of December, and then move to Hyderabad on the same day. The next two days were marked for his visit to Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium and New Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Kolkata is often called the heart of Indian football or the 'Mecca of football' in India. Lionel Messi's visit was the most anticipated event of this decade in the City of Joy, as more than 50000 football fanatics gathered to catch a glimpse of the footballing icon.
The public grew outraged and threw water bottles into the stadium. Messi was then abruptly made to leave the venue, which further instigated the crowd, and they broke in and vandalized the entire stadium.
“Everyone was blamed except the person who failed to honour his commitment," Sunil Gavaskar wrote
Writing to Sportstar, the former Indian batter claimed that had Messi agreed to stay for a set time, then he should not have left early, disappointing the fans. He also claimed it was his and his entourage's responsibility.
“What the agreement was isn’t public, but if he was meant to be there for an hour and left well before that, then the real culprit was he and his entourage," he added.
"There was no security threat to him or his entourage" - Sunil Gavaskar
“Yes, he was surrounded by politicians and so-called VIPs, but there was no security threat to him or his entourage," he wrote.
Sunil Gavaskar also believes that the organizers were not to be blamed since the Messi tour went fine in the other three cities where it was planned because commitments made by the Argentine were kept.
“So before blaming fellow Indians in Kolkata, it’s worth checking whether promises on both sides were actually kept," he concluded.
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