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| Sasha (left) and Malia Obama |
Barack Obama, who is in Argentina this week, tried
in vain to make his daughters Malia and Sasha meet World Footballer of the Year
Lionel Messi. But the president couldn’t pull it off. If Obama cannot arrange a
meeting with the Argentinian icon, then who can?
Messi has shown that he is not only skillful at
evading the best defenders. He can also elude the most powerful man in the
world.
However, Obama’s daughters were able to meet
another famous Argentinian, the Pope.
Speaking at the Young Leaders of the
Americas Initiative Town Hall in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Obama revealed that
his daughters, who are passionate Messi fans, had asked him if they could meet
the Argentine No. 10.
"I also wanted to bring my
daughters here so they could see the beauty and the vibrancy of [Buenos
Aires]," Obama said.
"They've already met one famous [Argentinian]—His Holiness
Pope Francis. Now they want to meet Messi, but I could not arrange that."
The Barcelona superstar is with the Argentina squad ahead of a
friendly in Chile on Thursday. The team then returns home to host Bolivia on
Tuesday.
No one should be surprised if Messi’s
shirt arrives on the steps of the White House in the near future.
Just last month Murtaza Ahmadi, a
five-year-old Afghan boy, was photographed in an improvised Messi shirt made
out of a plastic bag. The pictures, which went viral on social media, reached
Messi and the superstar responded by sending a signed shirt to the boy through
UNICEF. He has also promised to meet his young fan on a later date.
Malia and Sasha Obama can rest assured they will meet their idol sooner
or later.
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