Who says dreams don’t come true. Just ask young Murtaza Ahmadi.
For the six-year-old Ahmadi, 2016 began with a photograph of him wearing a Lionel Messi “jersey” made out of a plastic bag going viral. On Tuesday, the young fan met the Barcelona superstar.
Barcelona are in Doha, Qatar to play a friendly against Saudi champions Al Ahli and Ahmadi will walk out on to the pitch with Messi.
{{/usCountry}}Barcelona are in Doha, Qatar to play a friendly against Saudi champions Al Ahli and Ahmadi will walk out on to the pitch with Messi.
{{/usCountry}}Ahmadi, who comes from the Jaghori District, in the eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, became an internet sensation when elder brother Homayoun, 15, made him the blue-and-white-striped plastic shirt with Messi’s name and team number scrawled in marker pen and posted the photos on Facebook.
The Argentine superstar sent him a signed jersey in February and expressed his desire to meet the young fan, who was forced to flee the country to Pakistan in May.