It’s now official. Global football icon Lionel Messi and his team will play against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s team on December 13 at Uppal Stadium; a landmark event designed to draw worldwide attention to Hyderabad.
“As part of the Telangana Rising 2047 Summit celebrations, and to showcase Telangana to the world, the government is inviting global football legend Lionel Messi to Hyderabad. A grand football match will be held on December 13 at the Uppal Stadium,” IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu announced at a media briefing on Sunday.
Although the state government had earlier revealed that Messi would be playing in Hyderabad, the venue had not been confirmed until now.
With over 500 million Instagram followers, Messi’s presence is expected to spotlight Hyderabad on a massive global scale, bringing enormous visibility to the government’s Telangana Rising initiative.
