Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met Argentine football legend Lionel Messi in Hyderabad, Telangana, during the GOAT India Tour 2025 Saturday. The tour began earlier in the day, with its first stop in Kolkata, with chaotic scenes revealing the event’s poor management in the West Bengal capital.

Rahul Gandhi shared a reel featuring himself alongside the GOAT (Greatest of All Time), Messi , and his Inter Miami teammates, Luiz Suarez and Rodrigo de Paul. “Viva Football With the GOAT @leomessi,” he captioned the video.

He also posted photographs, writing, “‘The beautiful game’.”

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The video went viral, prompting a sea of reactions. “Two GOATS,” a user wrote. “Aura farming,” another user commented.

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