Afghan boy nets perfect 10 after 'bagging' Messi
Afghan boy nets perfect 10 after 'bagging' Messi
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Five-year-old Murtaza has become an Internet star after pictures of him wearing an Argentina football jersey improvised from a plastic bag - with his
idol Messi's name scrawled on it - went viral. It is said that the footballer wants to find his young fan and give him a proper jersey.
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JAGHORI (Afghanistan) • A five- year-old Afghan boy has become an Internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi's name.
Murtaza Ahmadi has never met his idol and lives in a Taleban-controlled area of Afghanistan, but footage and photos of him wearing the improvised shirt, with Messi's named scrawled in marker pen, went round the world.
Murtaza's elder brother Homayoun, 15, made the shirt and first posted the photos of Murtaza wearing it on Facebook two weeks ago.
After creating waves on social media, there were claims that Argentina and Barcelona star Messi wanted to find his young fan and give him a proper jersey.
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