Fans from all over the world come to visit Lionel Messi’s old home and the small soccer field where he learned the skills that would eventually turn him into an all-time great.
in what were then dirt roads around their working class neighborhood in Rosario, Argentina’s third-largest city.
"From another galaxy and from my neighborhood," reads graffiti that is seemingly ubiquitous in the area. The neighborhood has also turned into a place of pilgrimage, with fans from all over the world coming to visit Messi’s old house and the small soccer field in the corner where he started to learn the skills that would eventually turn him into an all-time great.
" would be like the cherry that he’s missing, so let’s hope he makes it, but he has done enough already to be recognized and loved by everyone," she added.
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