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Dream come true: Afghan boy receives Lionel Messi's jersey
Donning the famous blue and white jersey with the number 10 printed on the back, he's got a low-centre of gravity and close control of the ball.
He zips up and down the pitch, arms stretched out to balance himself. But this is not Lionel Messi advancing towards the mini-goal post. It is five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, who on Thursday received, perhaps, the most precious gift of his life from his hero — Lionel Messi.
Murtaza first made headlines after pictures of him wearing a homemade ‘Messi 10’ jersey made of a plastic bag surfaced online.
Murtaza, dubbed as ‘Messi’s biggest fan’, was located by BBC Trending in the Jaghori District which lies in the eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan.