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What a great ambassador of football he is. What

a great ambassador of the sports fraternity Lionel

Messi is. And this is the moment we'd like to

hear from him. Let's go on board to that platform

and... Well, nothing, just to thank… uh, for…

to thank everyone for the affection these days in India.

Honestly, it was an experience… uh, very beautiful

for us to be able to share. Even though

it was intense and… and very short, it was… it was wonderful

to receive all this affection, which… yes… which I already knew

that… that it was there, but… to receive it firsthand

was… uh, amazing. It was crazy, everything

that… that you did for us these

days, so… so yeah, we are taking with us the affection

from everyone and surely… uh, we will come back. Hopefully

it will be someday… uh, to play a match or

at another time, but… surely that…

that we will come back to visit India. Many thanks.

Thank you. Thank you, India. Arun Jaitley Stadium.

And what a moment it has been. The people who have

come here from every nook and corner of our country.

From up north to Jammu and Kashmir, from Leh,

Ladakh, from Nepal, from the states from the

east, once they got to know that Lionel Messi’s last stop

would be Delhi. They have poured in

in numbers, braving Delhi’s morning chill

for that glimpse that you are getting on your screens.

Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Rodrigo De Paul.

The three of them just egging the crowd on all around.

Messi!

The Indian cricket team jersey that he was wearing,

that shoulder that carried the weight of millions of hearts, that shoulder

that carried the excitement of winning the World Cup.