Remember six-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi?
An image of the young Afghan wearing a homemade Messi jersey went viral earlier this year.
Afghanistan Football Federation has confirmed that Messi will meet his 5 year old fan Murtaza Ahmadi at Camp Nou ❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/WJjnmVOPbl
— Neymar Jr. (@NeyMarvellous) January 31, 2016
His older brother made it for him because Murtaza was upset that he didn’t have a jersey like his hero Lionel Messi.
There were rumoured plans to arrange for the boy to meet his football idol and it has finally happened.
Amazing! Leo Messi has met the young Afghan boy who made a Messi shirt out of a plastic bag 👏 (Footage: @roadto2022) pic.twitter.com/1K8cTu6Ul3
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) December 13, 2016
Murtaza got to meet the Barcelona and Argentina star while he was in Doha.
Six year old Afghan boy Murtaza finally meets #Messi. pic.twitter.com/ujA2wa81UB
— Road to 2022 (@roadto2022) December 13, 2016
It looks like they were delighted to meet each other.
The image the world wanted to see. The six year old boy who dreamed of meeting his hero, #Messi, finally comes true. #FCBinDoha pic.twitter.com/58FWn17b9A
— Road to 2022 (@roadto2022) December 13, 2016
Murtaza meets #Messi in Doha: the SC makes Afghan boy’s dream come true.. #الاهلي_برشلونة #FCBinDoha #littlemessi pic.twitter.com/sJiHwUUuVf
— Road to 2022 (@roadto2022) December 13, 2016
