India, Dec. 13 -- With chaos at the Saturday Lionel Messi event in West Bengal's Kolkata, attention has now shifted to Telangana's Hyderabad, where authorities say they are prepared to avoid a repeat as the football icon's 'G.O.A.T' India Tour 2025 landed in the city in the evening.

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy welcomed Messi at the Falaknuma Palace, PTI reported.

Ahead of the event, Rachakonda Police Commissioner G Sudheer Babu outlined the security and logistical arrangements in place, assuring fans that adequate measures have been taken to ensure a smooth programme.

"Proper arrangements have been made...4000 police personnel have been deployed...Lionel Messi will have interactions at the stadium...The entire area has been barricaded.....