The five-year-old cute Afghan boy who went viral on social media after wearing a plastic bag with Messi written on its back has finally met his hero.
Earlier, at the beginning of this year Ahmadi won a million hearts across the globe after he was snapped standing on the snow with a football. He looked frozen but nothing could break his undaunted passion for the game as he wore a Argentina shirt made of plastic and with the name ‘Messi’ and the number 10 drawn on its back.
Barcelona superstar Lionel was touched after seeing the pictures and he sent a signed shirt to the young kid earlier this year. And now the man with a golden heart has taken a step further as met his biggest fan.
Messi met Murtaza Ahmadi today ✌️ this kid’s dream of meeting Messi finally came true ❤️ pic.twitter.com/fdWDfrFv7h
— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) December 13, 2016
Barcelona are due to play a friendly against Al Ahli in Doha and the pair came face to face when Luis Enriqu’s side walking through a corridor. Young Ahmadi waved at Messi to catch his attention and the Barcelona legend posed for a picture with the youngster.
Messi. Murtaza Ahmadi ile biraraya geldi. pic.twitter.com/HKKFHvYzBw
— Buzz Spor (@buzzspor) December 13, 2016
Qatar’s World Cup organising committee tweeted: “The image the world wanted to see the six-year old boy who dreamed of meeting his hero, #Messi, finally comes true.”
Murtaza Ahmadi: “I’m very happy to have met my hero. It is a dream for me.”
❤️❤️❤️https://t.co/RnTt46daxt— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) December 13, 2016
The young Afghan refugee was also allowed to walk onto the pitch with his idol.
Ahmadi joined the Barcelona players for a team photograph and placed the ball on the centre spot before kick-off.
