A mural in Buenos Aires immortalizes Leo Messi with the World Cup...

2022-12-23 08:50:57, Sport CNA

Making history by winning his first World Cup and embroidering a third star on the 'Albiceleste' shirt, Lionel Messi appears in a giant 30m² mural of the Argentina captain, hoisting the trophy on a wall in Buenos Aires Aires.

Measuring approximately 6 meters high by 5 meters wide, the fresco required 60 spray paints: located in the Palermo neighborhood, the mural shows Messi and goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez in the background, flanked by Paulo Dybala and Rodrigo de Paul.

The seven-time winner of the "Golden Ball" is seen wearing the famous "bisht", this traditional black-and-gold Arabic garment, which was placed on his shoulders shortly before the awarding of the trophy.

"It's my way of saying thank you. It is also a gift to people. Football for Argentines is always a joy and allows us to get through difficult times better, - said the street artist Maximiliano Bagnasco, author of this monumental work. - We saw Argentina united with millions of people on the streets... We are world champions!"

The author of famous frescoes in Argentina, the 39-year-old artist has specially produced another giant, 40 meters high, representing the other "God" of Argentine football, Diego Maradona, in a building in Canning, on the southern outskirts of Buenos. Aires.