VIDEO SHOWS: FANS CHEERING FOR SOCCER SUPERSTAR LIONEL MESSI / CAR CARRYING MESSI LEAVING AIRPORT AND ARRIVING AT HOTEL / SOUNDBITE FROM FAN RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (DECEMBER 13, 2025) (ANI – No use India) (NIGHT SHOTS) 1. VARIOUS OF FANS OF SOCCER SUPERSTAR LIONEL MESSI HOLDING ARGENTINA FLAGS AND JERSEYS, CHANTING HIS NAME BEFORE HIS ARRIVAL AT AIRPORT 2. CROWD OF FANS AT AIRPORT 3. SECURITY OFFICIALS RUNNING ALONG WITH CARS / WHITE VEHICLE WITH BLACK-TINTED WINDOWS, CARRYING MESSI, EXITING AIRPORT 4. SECURITY PERSONNEL AND CROWD OF FANS ON ROAD OUTSIDE AIRPORT/ CONVOY LEAVING 5. FANS DANCING AND CHEERING 'MESSI' 6. FAN WEARING ARGENTINA SOCCER JERSEY AND CARRYING ARGENTINE FLAG, WALKING AWAY 7. FANS CHEERING AND WALKING AWAY 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MESSI FAN FROM NEPAL, NAME NOT GIVEN, SAYING: "It's very good, it's one of my dreams just to see Messi. The feeling to see his playing, by waking up at late night, skipping our days and now here I am at (in) India from the neighbouring country Nepal. I am feeling very good." 9. EXTERIOR OF HOTEL 10. FANS HOLDING FLAGS CHEERING 11. FLAG WITH LOGO OF MESSI FAN CLUB AND TEXT READING (English) : "MESSIANS OF BENGAL / VAMOS LEO (LET'S GO, MESSI)" 12. CONVOY CARRYING MESSI ENTERING HOTEL 13. VARIOUS OF FANS CHEERING AND CHANTING "MESSI" STORY: Soccer superstar Lionel Messi arrived in India’s Kolkata in the early hours of Saturday (December 13) to a massive outpouring of fan enthusiasm, with supporters gathering at the airport and his hotel to catch a glimpse of the Argentine legend. Crowds of fans waving Argentina flags and wearing Messi jerseys chanted his name as a convoy of vehicles exited the airport under heavy security. "It's one of my dreams just to see Messi," said a fan who had travelled from neighbouring Nepal. Messi’s three-day tour of India commences on Saturday, with the legendary player travelling across four key cities, including Kolkata and Mumbai. He is also scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. (Production: Adib Satikin, Lion Schellerer)
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