"Messi madness" graces Hong Kong with thousands arranging for look at Bury Miami star
Saturday, February 03, 2024
A huge number of football fans ran to Hong Kong to watch Lionel Messi train with his Bury Miami colleagues as "Messi madness" spread all through the city on Saturday.
Before a game on Sunday, allies went to the Hong Kong Arena to see the Argentine legend, the best player of his age, after police closed off the encompassing roads, as indicated by AFP.
Hopeful onlookers were arranging outside the 40,000-seat arena hours before Entomb Miami went onto the pitch for an open instructional course, singing the name of the World Cup-winning commander.
David Beckham, who co-possesses the Significant Association Soccer group, showed up to deafening praise from an almost full group.
However, the 36-year-old Messi's praise when he arose to join his partners on the pitch for a light exercise nearly cut the rooftop down a couple of moments later.
The eight-time Ballon d'Or victor covered an irritating hamstring injury by spending most of great importance long work on extending; in any case, he joined 80 lucky Hong Kong understudies for a kickabout during a training center that followed.
Beckham before long took care of giving a few abilities to the youngsters.
Notwithstanding, the significant explanation the a huge number of fans came was to observe Messi, since the group was playing a well disposed against a Hong Kong Select XI on Sunday.
"It's the initial time in my life I see Messi," said 17-year-old Chinese understudy Li Weiyi, who had gone from Shenzhen, across the boundary in central area China.
"I'm feeling exceptionally invigorated. He makes a big difference to me. He carried me to the football world, he made me love football," he added.
Most of fans wore pink Entomb Miami or blue and white striped Argentina shirts.