VIDEO SHOWS: SOCCER LEGEND LIONEL MESSI 'GOAT' TOUR POSTERS SEEN AMID SMOG; MESSI POSTERS SEEN AMID SMOG; PEOPLE QUEUED UP OUTSIDE ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM AMID SMOG; SOUNDBITE OF FAN SHOWS: NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 15, 2025) (ANI – No use India) 1. ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM ENTRY GATE SEEN AMID SMOG/SOCCER LEGEND LIONEL MESSI 'GOAT' TOUR POSTERS SEEN AMID SMOG 2. MESSI 'GOAT' TOUR POSTER SEEN AMID SMOG 3. PEOPLE STANDING AT GATE 5 OUTSIDE STADIUM 4. SIGN READING (English): "ARUN JAITLEY STADIUM" 5. PEOPLE WALKING OUTSIDE STADIUM 6. FANS STANDING OUTSIDE VIRENDER SEHWAG GATE 7. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUED UP OUTSIDE STADIUM GATE 8. PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE STADIUM 9. PEOPLE ASSEMBLED NEAR MESSI POSTER 10. PEOPLE WALKING 11. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MESSI FAN, PIYUSH SATI, SAYING: "Delhi's air quality is definitely bad. This (pollution) is bad, not just for (Lionel) Messi but us too. It is not good for people living in Delhi. But this (pollution) cannot be cured in a single day. It requires a long process to be cured." 12. VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC MOVING 13. VARIOUS OF SIGNS/ TRAFFIC MOVING AMID SMOG STORY: New Delhi geared up to host soccer superstar, Lionel Messi, amid severe pollution levels on Monday (December 15). The government-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) as high as 450, which falls into the 'severe+' category, in the national capital on Monday. Messi's posters were seen covered in thick smog, as fans queued up outside the stadium to get a glimpse of the legend. Messi is scheduled to visit the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi on the last leg of his four-city India tour that kicked off in Kolkata on Saturday (December 13). Delhi and surrounding districts are often covered in smog during winter, as cold, dense air traps emissions from vehicles, construction sites and crop burning, pushing pollution levels to among the highest in the world and exposing the capital's 30 million residents to severe respiratory risks. (Production: Simon Ormiston)
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