Hyderabad: Ahead of his friendly match with football legend Lionel Messi on December 13, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy played the game with a group of students of Woxsen University here Thursday night.

The chief minister, wearing a jersey, played a practice match with the students at the university’s football stadium, an official release said.

Reddy would play the friendly match with Messi when the latter visits Hyderabad as part of his ‘GOAT Tour to India 2025’. The RGI Cricket Stadium at Uppal here would be the venue for the event.

“He (CM Revanth Reddy) plays a lot of football. You will definitely see him in action on the (December) 13th when he is going to play with one of my favourite players, Lionel Messi ,” former cricketer and state minister Mohammad Azharuddin s

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