00:00Poor planning spoiled Kolkata's moment while Hyderabad showed how it was done.
00:07That is the verdict across the internet.
00:09One visual summed it up the best.
00:11Unlike Kolkata, where Messi was swallowed by security rings and selfie-seeking VIPs,
00:16Hyderabad kept its distance.
00:18Telangana Chief Minister Revan Thready was seen personally ensuring no one crowded Messi
00:23as he walked onto the field.
00:25Fans finally had uninterrupted views.
00:28Then came the moments that mattered.
00:30A Goat Cup penalty shootout, like kickabouts with children,
00:34Messi juggling the ball, exchanging passes with Luis Suarez,
00:38Rodrigo De Paul and even the Chief Minister himself.
00:41Multiple laps around the stadium.
00:46After Kolkata spiralled into disorder earlier in the day,
00:49expectations from the second leg of Football Icon's Goat India tour were low.
00:53Hyderabad flipped the script.
00:55No stampede of VIPs.
00:57No security pileups.
00:58Just Messi.
00:59Visible.
01:00Relaxed.
01:01Smiling.
01:02Dressed in a green crew neck t-shirt, black pants and sports shoes,
01:06the Argentina captain soaked in the cheers as he stepped onto the pitch.
01:10For nearly an hour, Hyderabad got the version of Messi fans had been waiting for.
01:14Addressing the crowd in Spanish, Messi thanked Indian fans for the affection they have shown him over the years,
01:20including during Argentina's World Cup triumph.
01:23During the felicitation, the Chief Minister presented Messi with a memento,
01:27while Rahul Gandhi handed one to Suarez.
01:29Gandhi later shared a brief exchange with Messi, a moment that quickly caught the internet's attention
01:34and sparked curiosity about what the two discussed.
01:38Earlier, nearly 50,000 fans at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium watched as crowd control failed with bottles,
01:45food packets and ripped chairs, leaving paying spectators frustrated and disappointed.
01:50Hyderabad learnt from those mistakes and it was visible.
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