During the highly-anticipated Australia versus Argentina friendly match. an die hard Chinese fan of Messi stormed the field in an attempt to hug soccer legend Lionel Messi.

He was on his best day of life before finally being captured by security, but he did not lose his gleeful smile even as he was being carried out.
 
Messi is idolized in football-mad China. "We can’t see any yellow shirts anywhere," Graham Arnold, the Australia coach, said before the match. "I just really hope Lionel Messi gets a little percentage of the shirt sales because I've never seen so many Argentine number 10 shirts in my life."
Lionel Messi's reaction was absolutely priceless after seeing the love from Chinese fans.

The crowd in the stadium can be heard shouting Messi , Messi And Chinese phrases that sort of translate to "Awesome!"



Lionel Messi scored after barely a minute as he guided Argentina to a 2-0 friendly win over Australia in Beijing . The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner curled in from the edge of the area after just 81 seconds following slack defending by the Socceroos.

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