SPORTS LIBRO FOOTBALL- FOOTBALL NEWS:
Table Of Content
LIONEL MESSI NEWS:
A statue of the Argentine international and FC Barcelona’s star forward Lionel Messi in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires has been broken in half, with the player's upper body, arms and head removed, hours before Barcelona star missed out on FIFA award.
It still has his magical feet, but that's about it
Lionel Messi's statue has been vandalised in Buenos Aireshttps://t.co/J27Vac5n6U pic.twitter.com/P2RjkbWdJW
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 10, 2017
The statue of the Argentina’s all time top scorer Lionel Messi, who has already scored more than 500 career goals was unveiled in June shortly after Argentina lost the 2016 final of the Copa America Centenario to Chile on penalties, a defeat that made the five times ballon d’Or Lionel Messi to say he was quitting the national team.
But, the statue on the Paseo de la Gloria walkway overlooking the River Plate was severed at the waist leaving only the lower body and a ball and is now in need of urgent repair after the head, arms and torso were removed.
Most importantly police have not made any announcement about the perpetrators yet and according to the Buenos Aires municipal government the Bronze statue, which was erected last summer after the 29-year-old Messi announced his decision to retire from the national side was the victim of an act of vandalism.
As the city's culture secretariat said,
"It was the victim of an act of vandalism,"
"The city government is already working on repairs."