Fans in soccer-crazy Kolkata in high spirits as Messi’s India tour kicks off

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Soccer fans in India's eastern city of Kolkata stood in long queues on Saturday (December 13) morning outside the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium, waiting to catch a glimpse of Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, who was to make an appearance at an exhibition match at the venue.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Messi! Messi! Messi!

00:03Soccer fans in India's eastern city of Kolkata

00:06stood in long queues on Saturday morning outside

00:09the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium.

00:13Fans have been waiting to catch a glimpse of Argentine superstar Lionel Messi,

00:17who was to make an appearance at an exhibition match at the venue.

00:22Oh, I can describe in words. No more words, sir.

00:26No words to explain.

00:29Super excited, because since childhood, I used to watch Messi.

00:33I love him so much.

00:34It was very good. Coincidence happened.

00:36I shifted to Kolkata.

00:37After that, before Durga Pooja,

00:40this news was heard that Messi is coming to Kolkata.

00:43I was very excited.

00:44And today, I will finally get to see it.

00:46It's my idol, really. I am so happy for him.

00:49Last Friday only, we got married.

00:52So, we thought that Messi is coming,

00:54so we leave the honeymoon now.

00:56This is important.

00:57The legendary soccer star is on a three-day tour of India,

01:03which kicked off on Saturday,

01:05and will travel across four key cities,

01:08including Kolkata and Mumbai.

01:11Messi is also scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

01:16Hey!

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