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India Unveiled Messi's Statue But It Looks More Like Shoaib Malik than Lionel Messi, Netizens

India recently unveiled a 70-foot statue of football star Lionel Messi in Kolkata during his GOAT Tour India. The statue shows Messi holding the FIFA World Cup trophy and was meant to celebrate his legendary football career and strong fan following in India. However, soon after its unveiling, the statue became viral on social media for an unexpected reason. Many netizens joked that the statue looks less like Lionel Messi and more like Pakistani …

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Argentine footballer Lionel Messi will remotely inaugurate a 21-meter statue of himself in India this Saturday on the launch of a three-day tour that generates enthusiasm in the South Asian country. The iron sculpture, in Calcutta, represents Messi lifting the World Cup. However, for security reasons, the star of Argentina and Inter Miami will inaugurate it in remote and not in person. The 38-year-old striker embarks on a tour called GOAT to ref…

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He arrived early in the morning and caused a stir among the people who first bumped into the airport and later followed him through the streets. He will tour four cities in India for a series of tributes and business engagements, including the inauguration of a 21-meter statue in his honor.

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The Argentine soccer star is on a four-city tour of India, where he is reportedly set to meet the Prime Minister.

The fanaticism took hold this Saturday of India with the landing of Lionel Messi in the city of Calcutta, unleashing a wave of euphoria that paralyzed the city and marked the beginning of its "GOAT Tour 2025", an event that supposes the return of the star to the subcontinent after 14 years, reviving an almost religious devotion in the capital of the Indian football. The Argentine was received by a frenzied crowd that kept a night vigil in front …

The Messi Mania unleashes a revolution in India The devotion to Lionel Messi, who has venerated him for years, has unleashed a unique and almost mystical revolution in India.After raising another cup recently with Inter Miami in the United States, the Argentine star, known worldwide for having achieved the third star in Qatar, will confirm this Saturday its global status by landing in this Asian country. Messi will arrive with his fellow Inter M…

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telex.hu broke the news in on Friday, December 12, 2025.
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