After scoring as Barcelona returned to winning ways in La Liga with a resounding 4-0 home win over Osasuna, Lionel Messi paid a personal tribute to the late Diego Maradona.
Messi showed a brilliant team display with a thumping strike into the top corner in the 2nd half, after Martin Braithwaite had broken the deadlock and Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho had scored either side of halftime.
Lionel Messi then lifted his shirt to reveal a red and black replica kit of his hometown club Newell’s Old Boys bearing the number 10 which Maradona wore during his brief spell at the Rosario side in 1993.
Messi had paid tribute before kickoff to Maradona, who played for the club in an eventful yet disappointing spell from 1982 to 1984, hanging a framed signed shirt of his above the presidential box while the players held a minute’s silence in front of an old Barca shirt bearing the number 10.
Lionel Messi pays tribute to Diego Maradona in a Newell’s Old Boys No10 shirt after scoring for Barcelona. 🙌#UCL pic.twitter.com/YFHrQxpOmn — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 29, 2020
Lionel Messi pays tribute to Diego Maradona in a Newell’s Old Boys No10 shirt after scoring for Barcelona. 🙌#UCL pic.twitter.com/YFHrQxpOmn
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 29, 2020
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