I envy the lad right now. Some of us have been dreaming of seeing Messi in our wild dreams but he won’t turn up.lol.

Five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi must be the luckiest young Lionel Messi fan at the moment. The Afghanistan who became an Internet sensation after pictures of him wearing a Lionel Messi Argentina Jersey made out of plastic bag went viral weeks ago will finally meet with his soccer hero.

A spokesman for the Afghan Football Federation, Syed Ali Kazemi, made the announcement: “The leadership of the Afghan Football Federation (AFF) received emails from Lionel Messi and Barcelona regarding the meeting.”