LIONEL MESSI ADMIRED A LEGEND FROM ARGENTINA

MANY YOUNGER ATHLETES LOOK UP TO MESSI, BUT WHO DID HE LOOK UP TO WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER?

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PABLO AIMAR, A PLAYMAKER FROM ARGENTINA WHO LATER PLAYED FOR REAL ZARAGOZA AND VALENCIA, WAS HIS IDOL.

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AIMAR APPROACHED THE 17-YEAR-OLD MESSI, AN UNUSED SUBSTITUTE AFTER THE GAME TO PRESENT HIM WITH HIS SHIRT.

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THIS WAS ONE UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT IN 2004 WHEN THEY PLAYED EACH OTHER IN LA LIGA.

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EVEN TODAY, HE STILL TREASURES THE JERSEY. OF HIS IDOL PLUS HE ALSO HAS A JERSEY OF MANY OTHER PLAYERS.

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AIMAR WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARGENTINA TEAM THAT WON THE 2022 WORLD CUP.

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HE SERVED AS HEAD COACH LIONEL SCALONI'S ASSISTANT.

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WHERE HE WAS VERY HAPPY AND WAS IN TEARS AFTER WINNING THE WORLD CUP IN QATAR IN 2022.

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PLUS NOW KNOW HOW LIONEL MESSI COULD HAVE WON THE WORLD CUP IN 2010 EASILY.

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MESSI COULD HAVE WON THE 2010 WORLD CUP

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