Messi portrait graffiti appears in Kazan
Kazan artists used graffiti techniques to depict a portrait of Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi right in the hotel area where the Argentine team rested before the 1/8 final match of the 2018 World Cup, against the French team.
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Graffiti mural with Messi's portrait in Kazan. Photo: Sputnik |
Messi's image appeared next to a portrait of Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo, who stayed at the same hotel with the Portuguese team during the 2017 Confederations Cup.
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Two pictures of Messi and Ronaldo |
The graffiti mural with Ronaldo's image now has the following text: "I scored 4 goals. Can you do that, Leo?"