In the video, "Lionel Messi" turned the life of the Afghan child, Mortada, into a "nightmare"

The life of the Afghan child, Mortada Ahmadi, has turned upside down, and turned into a nightmare because of his famous story with the world football star and the captain of Barcelona, ​​Lionel Messi.

Mortada turned into the most popular name on social media in January 2016 when he was five years old, as video footage of him spread widely, wearing a "plastic" shirt for the Argentina national team, on which he had the number 10 for Lionel Messi, during which he expressed his love for the ball, especially Messi, and that he wishes to meet him.

Murtada's family revealed, through the report published in the newspaper "Marca", that they had suffered a lot since the moment he was associated with Messi, and he traveled to meet the legend in Qatar, and picked up Messi's international camera lenses while he was hugging him.

Mortada's brother, Hamayoun, said: After the story of Mortada spread, we first got two boxes, in which there was nothing but a soccer ball and a Messi shirt, but people in our city and all of Afghanistan thought that they had a lot of money, gifts and games.

He said that from this moment trouble began for his family, especially in a country where levels of violence are alarmingly high, especially kidnappings.

He stressed that the family began to fear for the life of Mortada (now 10 years), especially with receiving death threats and the need to pay money, so they applied for asylum, but it was rejected, as the family lived in Ghazni region in Afghanistan, which suffers greatly due to the terrorist operations carried out by the Taliban. .

He stressed that after Mortada moved to meet Messi and arranged the matter, the meeting was cold and fast.

He pointed out that Mortada was frustrated by the way Messi met him, as he and his family were expecting a lot, so he left school and stopped playing football for a long time.

After the high level of threats, Mortada's uncle sent him with his brother to the capital, Kabul, to preserve his life, but the danger continued to haunt them, and they ended up returning to the bosom of their family.

Marca said that despite everything that happened to him, Mortada said that he still fell in love with the Argentine magician.

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