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| Lionel Messi wants to meet his young Afghan fan and do something for him (video below) |
February 1, 2016, NewsCrunch
The poor kid, who was seen playing football wearing a plastic bag jersey, has been identified as Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, from Ghazni near Kabul.
Son of a poor farmer, Murtaza is a huge Messi fan.
As his father could not afford to buy a jersey for him, his elder brother Homayoun, 15, made it from discarded grocery bags and scrawled Messi on it.
Photos of Murtaza playing with a punctured ball wearing the plastic bag jersey went viral stirring emotions around the world.
A global hunt to locate the boy began, which finally hit gold near
Video: Watch poor Afghan kid Murtaza Ahmadi playing football with plastic bag jersey – he is a huge Messi fan
The mystery of a boy pictured wearing a homemade Lionel Messi football shirt – improvised from a blue and white striped plastic bag – has finally been solved.
Posted by The Telegraph on Saturday, January 30, 2016