The young Afghan with his jersey Messi – Instagram

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Murtaza, Afghan 5 who had caused a stir by tinkering a “swimsuit” Lionel Messi with a plastic bag, always wants to meet his idol who offered him two true autographed jerseys, has -t he told Friday. Wearing his jersey brand new colors of the Argentine team, Murtaza Ahmadi typed on Friday ball on a dirt field in Kabul, where he came with his father to receive the day before his trophies sent by the player.

“I want to meet Messi, I love it,” exclaimed the boy, already ecstatic to have received two jerseys “10″ Barca and representatives hands balloon Unicef in Kabul.

“con mucho cariño”

the player wrote “con mucho cariño” (with all my affection) on the front of jerseys, one of the team Argentina, one of Barça.

Murtaza moved the Argentine and canvas lorsqu’ont began circulating pictures of him proudly carrying a plastic bag with blue and white stripes supposed to mimic Messi jersey . Aref his father, who said “simple farmer” can not afford to offer him a real jersey

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When the story began to buzz, to the Afghanistan Embassy in Spain is says “ready” to try to facilitate a possible trip to Barcelona. But these projects have not worked so far and the arrival of Lionel Messi in Afghanistan seems unlikely given the still precarious security situation.



His father asked the Barça to create a club Afghanistan

“Murtaza is very happy to have received the autographed jerseys offered by Messi, but he still wants to meet him for real,” said his father. His uncle Yassine has even more ambition, as he called Barca to “create a football club in Afghanistan so that children who have talent as Messi Murtaza become the future.”

L Afghanistan, where Barca is so popular that Real Madrid was very moved by the fate of Murtaza, especially as the child lives in Ghazni, a province in eastern Afghanistan where Taliban rebels very present. In addition, it is from the Hazara minority, often discriminated against and stigmatized in the past because of his membership in Shiite Islam, in a predominantly Sunni country.

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