Afghan Boy bags a Shirt from Messi
An afghan boy named Murtaza Ahmadi have been a hit online after he was found to be wearing a home made shirt bearing Lionel Messi's famous number 10.
The shirt he was seen to be putting on was made from a striped blue plastic bag, with colour of the well known Argentina jersey.
It was gather that Barcelona star wanted to find the young fan to give him a proper shirt after the picture showing him wearing the homemade shirt went viral.
Murtaza was finally identified as the boy in the picture after his uncle, Azim Ahmadi, an Afghan living in Australia, put BBC Trending in touch with his brother, Arif - the young devoted Messi fan's father.
The Ghazni farmer confirmed his son was the boy who captured people's imaginations worldwide and added that Murtaza was "extremely happy".
Messi is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) and the agency helped to get the shirt to the boy, posting the picture of Murtaza on its Facebook page.
Source: BBC
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