Murtaza Ahmadi, who captured the hearts of football fans from around the world after wearing the jersey made from a plastic bag, was picked up by the Barcelona star in Qatar.
Murtaza Ahmadi, from Ghazni province in rural eastern Afghanistan, accompanied Messi on to the field in Qatar before a friendly match between Barcelona and Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahli in Doha.
Murtaza was finally identified as the boy in the picture after his uncle, Azim Ahmadi, an Afghan living in Australia, put BBC Trending in touch with his brother, Arif – the young devoted Messi fan’s father
Source : BBC, GOAL.com
