AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-FOOTBALL-SOCIAL(01 of30)
Open Image ModalIn this photograph taken on January 29, 2016, Afghan boy and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, wears a plastic bag jersey as he plays football in Jaghori district of Ghazni province. A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi\'s name. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-FOOTBALL-SOCIAL(02 of30)
Open Image ModalThis photograph taken on January 24, 2016 and provided by the family of Afghan boy and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, shows him wearing a plastic bag jersey in Jaghori district of Ghazni province. A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi\'s name. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-FOOTBALL-SOCIAL(03 of30)
Open Image ModalIn this photograph taken on January 29, 2016, Afghan boy and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, wears a plastic bag jersey as he plays football in Jaghori district of Ghazni province. A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi\'s name. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-FOOTBALL-SOCIAL(04 of30)
Open Image ModalThis photograph taken on January 24, 2016 and provided by the family of Afghan boy and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, with his plastic bag jersey in Jaghori district of Ghazni province. A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi\'s name. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-FOOTBALL-SOCIAL(05 of30)
Open Image ModalThis photograph taken on January 24, 2016 and provided by the family of Afghan boy and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, shows him wearing a plastic bag jersey as he plays football in Jaghori district of Ghazni province. A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi\'s name. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-FOOTBALL-SOCIAL(06 of30)
Open Image ModalIn this photograph taken on January 29, 2016, Afghan boy and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, wears a plastic bag jersey as he holds a photo of his hero in Jaghori district of Ghazni province. A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi\'s name. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-FOOTBALL-SOCIAL(07 of30)
Open Image ModalTOPSHOT - In this photograph taken on January 29, 2016, Afghan boy and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, wears a plastic bag jersey as he plays football in Jaghori district of Ghazni province. A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi\'s name. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-FOOTBALL-SOCIAL(08 of30)
Open Image ModalThis photograph taken on January 24, 2016 and provided by the family of Afghan boy and Lionel Messi fan Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, with his plastic bag jersey in Jaghori district of Ghazni province. A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt made out of a plastic bag, complete with his hero Lionel Messi\'s name. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(09 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, a young Lionel Messi fan, plays football in Kabul on February 1, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi is hoping to arrange a meeting with an Afghan boy who shot to fame after pictures of him dressed in a striped plastic bag jersey went viral, Kabul\'s football federation said on February 1. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SHAH MARAI via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(10 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, a young Lionel Messi fan, plays football in Kabul on February 1, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi is hoping to arrange a meeting with an Afghan boy who shot to fame after pictures of him dressed in a striped plastic bag jersey went viral, Kabul\'s football federation said on February 1. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SHAH MARAI via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(11 of30)
Open Image ModalTOPSHOT - Afghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, a young Lionel Messi fan, plays football in Kabul on February 1, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi is hoping to arrange a meeting with an Afghan boy who shot to fame after pictures of him dressed in a striped plastic bag jersey went viral, Kabul\'s football federation said on February 1. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SHAH MARAI via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(12 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, a young Lionel Messi fan, plays football in Kabul on February 1, 2016. Barcelona star Lionel Messi is hoping to arrange a meeting with an Afghan boy who shot to fame after pictures of him dressed in a striped plastic bag jersey went viral, Kabul\'s football federation said on February 1. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SHAH MARAI via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(13 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, a young Lionel Messi fan, poses in a shirt donated and signed shirt by Messi on a field in Kabul on February 26, 2016. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent not one, but two jerseys to the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an Internet sensation last month when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with \'Messi\' scrawled on it in marker pen. Murtaza Ahmadi travelled with his family from eastern Ghazni province to Kabul to receive the gifts sent by Messi through UNICEF, where he is a goodwill ambassador.\'Murtaza couldn\'t stop smiling. He kept repeating: I love Messi,\' UNICEF Afghanistan spokesman Denise Shepherd-Johnson told AFP. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(14 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, a young Lionel Messi fan, plays football as he wears a donated and signed shirt by Messi on a field in Kabul on February 26, 2016. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent not one, but two jerseys to the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an Internet sensation last month when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with \'Messi\' scrawled on it in marker pen. Murtaza Ahmadi travelled with his family from eastern Ghazni province to Kabul to receive the gifts sent by Messi through UNICEF, where he is a goodwill ambassador.\'Murtaza couldn\'t stop smiling. He kept repeating: I love Messi,\' UNICEF Afghanistan spokesman Denise Shepherd-Johnson told AFP. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(15 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, a young Lionel Messi fan, poses with a shirt donated and signed by Messi on a field in Kabul on February 26, 2016. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent not one, but two jerseys to the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an Internet sensation last month when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with \'Messi\' scrawled on it in marker pen. Murtaza Ahmadi travelled with his family from eastern Ghazni province to Kabul to receive the gifts sent by Messi through UNICEF, where he is a goodwill ambassador.\'Murtaza couldn\'t stop smiling. He kept repeating: I love Messi,\' UNICEF Afghanistan spokesman Denise Shepherd-Johnson told AFP. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(16 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi (L), a young Lionel Messi fan, has his shirt adjusted by his uncle Yasin Ahmadi, as he plays football wearing a donated and signed shirt by Messi on a field in Kabul on February 26, 2016. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent not one, but two jerseys to the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an Internet sensation last month when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with \'Messi\' scrawled on it in marker pen. Murtaza Ahmadi travelled with his family from eastern Ghazni province to Kabul to receive the gifts sent by Messi through UNICEF, where he is a goodwill ambassador.\'Murtaza couldn\'t stop smiling. He kept repeating: I love Messi,\' UNICEF Afghanistan spokesman Denise Shepherd-Johnson told AFP. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(17 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi (C), a young Lionel Messi fan, plays football as he wears a donated and signed shirt by Messi on a field in Kabul on February 26, 2016. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent not one, but two jerseys to the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an Internet sensation last month when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with \'Messi\' scrawled on it in marker pen. Murtaza Ahmadi travelled with his family from eastern Ghazni province to Kabul to receive the gifts sent by Messi through UNICEF, where he is a goodwill ambassador.\'Murtaza couldn\'t stop smiling. He kept repeating: I love Messi,\' UNICEF Afghanistan spokesman Denise Shepherd-Johnson told AFP. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(18 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, a young Lionel Messi fan, plays football as he wears a shirt donated and signed by Messi on a field in Kabul on February 26, 2016. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent not one, but two jerseys to the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an Internet sensation last month when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with \'Messi\' scrawled on it in marker pen. Murtaza Ahmadi travelled with his family from eastern Ghazni province to Kabul to receive the gifts sent by Messi through UNICEF, where he is a goodwill ambassador.\'Murtaza couldn\'t stop smiling. He kept repeating: I love Messi,\' UNICEF Afghanistan spokesman Denise Shepherd-Johnson told AFP. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
FBL-AFG-ARG-ESP-AFGHANISTAN-SPORT-SOCIETY(19 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, a young Lionel Messi fan, plays football as he wears a shirt donated and signed by Messi on a field in Kabul on February 26, 2016. Argentine football star Lionel Messi has sent not one, but two jerseys to the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an Internet sensation last month when he was pictured wearing a plastic bag with \'Messi\' scrawled on it in marker pen. Murtaza Ahmadi travelled with his family from eastern Ghazni province to Kabul to receive the gifts sent by Messi through UNICEF, where he is a goodwill ambassador.\'Murtaza couldn\'t stop smiling. He kept repeating: I love Messi,\' UNICEF Afghanistan spokesman Denise Shepherd-Johnson told AFP. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WAKIL KOHSAR via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-UNREST-SPORT-SOCIETY-MESSI(20 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan child Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, and a fan of football player Lionel Messi, poses for a photograph as he plays with a football while wearing a shirt donated and signed by Messi in Pakistan\'s southwestern city of Quetta on May 3, 2016.\nThe young Afghan boy who captivated hearts after he was pictured wearing a plastic bag as an improvised Lionel Messi jersey has appealed to the UN refugee agency after fleeing Afghanistan. Murtaza Ahmadi became an Internet sensation in January after his older brother posted the picture on Facebook, with the Argentine superstar sending autographed jerseys to his tiny fan via UNICEF.\n / AFP / BANARAS KHAN (Photo credit should read BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BANARAS KHAN via Getty Images)
FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(21 of30)
Open Image ModalFC Barcelona Lionel Messi holds the hands of Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi (L) as the tema enters the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(22 of30)
Open Image ModalTOPSHOT - Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi poses for a picture with the FC Barcelona team: (top L to R) Rafinha, Javier Mascherano, André Gomes, Ivan Rakitic, Gerard Piqué, Ter Stegen (bottom L to R) Lionel Messi, Neymar Junior, Paco Alcácer, Lucas Digne, Luis Suárez , on the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(23 of30)
Open Image ModalFC Barcelona Lionel Messi (L) holds the hands of Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi on the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(24 of30)
Open Image ModalFC Barcelona Lionel Messi (L) holds the hands of Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi on the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(25 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi stands with the FC Barcelona team on the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(26 of30)
Open Image ModalFC Barcelona Lionel Messi (L) talks to Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi on the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(27 of30)
Open Image ModalFC Barcelona Lionel Messi (L) and Neymar stand next to Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi on the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(28 of30)
Open Image ModalAfghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi stands with the FC Barcelona team on the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(29 of30)
Open Image ModalFC Barcelona Lionel Messi talks to Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi on the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT-FBL-FRIENDLY-BARCELONA-AHLI(30 of30)
Open Image ModalTOPSHOT - FC Barcelona Lionel Messi talks to Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi on the pitch before the start of a friendly football match against Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ahli FC on December 13, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. \nBarcelona play Saudi champions Al-Ahli in a friendly in Doha, the Spanish club\'s last major obligation of its four year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways.\n\n / AFP / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KARIM JAAFAR via Getty Images)