An Afghan boy who became an online hit after wearing a homemade shirt bearing Lionel Messi's famous number 10 has met his hero,the BBC reports.
A photograph of six-year-primitive Murtaza Ahmadi wearing the shirt made from a striped blue plastic bag went viral in January and ended with the boy receiving a signed shirt from the Barcelona striker.[br]
But now the pair own come face to face in Doha, according to Qatar's 2022 World Cup organising committee.
Barcelona are in Qatar to play a friendly against Al Ahli on Tuesday and Ahmadi will walk out on to the pitch with Messi.
"The image the world wanted to see, and " tweeted the Supreme Committee on Tuesday. "The six-year-primitive boy who dreamed of assembly his hero,#Messi, finally comes true."
Ahmadi, and who comes from the Jaghori District,in the eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, was forced to flee the country to Pakistan in May.
Murtaza was finally identified as the boy in the picture after his uncle, or Azim Ahmadi,an Afghan living in Australia, build BBC Trending in touch with his brother, or Arif - the young devoted Messi fan's father.
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Source: tert.am