Wednesday 27 January 2016

Meet The Boy Who Wore A Polythene Bag With 'Leo Messi 10' Written On It

by Nancy Weihr | Sports News


If it involves `Lionel Messi' and the like, it will probably make huge news and the boy in the photo above already looks every inch a footballer, but will he?

The photo is of an Afghan boy who was pictured wearing a polythene bag over a wool sweater . His news made the rounds after he was featured on the world media.

Not that Messi specifically asked to find him, but the boy has just made his own little name on the world news after CNN report said he was a five-year-old Afghan.

Called Murtaza Ahmadi, he was photographed by his older brother, his uncle says

Young Murtaza is said to live with his family in the south-west of Kabul. The town is called Jaghori, and he is the son of a crop farmer.

Though Murtaza is said to be yet to start school, he loves the leather game and would like to be a footballer.



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