Messi meets Afghan boy famed for plastic bag shirt

The Barcelona star met six-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi during a trip to Doha, Qatar

A six-year-old Afghan boy, who shot to Internet fame this year by sporting a Lionel Messi shirt made out of a plastic bag, fulfilled his dreams on Tuesday by meeting the Argentine soccer great.

The six-year-old child eventually received a signed shirt from Messi

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.