Falaye Sacko was finishing the match when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around. It was Messi. 🐐
The Mali defender was beside himself with astonishment: “He told me, ‘can we swap jerseys?’. I said yes, of course. And then he explained why he wanted it: ‘I don’t have many African ones.'”
Sacko said that at that moment he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. The guy whose jersey the whole world would do anything for… was asking him for his.
“I think Messi forgot he was Messi”, he said. It was the most beautiful moment of his career. And that phrase sums it all up: the greatest in football without a trace of ego, collecting jerseys from players the world doesn’t know. That’s Leo. 🫶