Watch: Lionel Messi asks security to let young fan take selfie with him

Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest player of this generation. Thus, he garners attention as nobody else can. Years of being top of the game have allowed Messi to have millions of fans around the world. One such fan was seen at the French Cup final when PSG played against Nantes.

In a video encircling social media, a small boy could be seen running toward Messi. Since the star athlete is a high-profile player, the Argentinian has high security around him. No one is allowed to go near the player as a preventive measure against an attack.

Naturally, Messi’s security held the boy and dragged him away from the star player. Watching this though Messi turned to his security and asked them to leave the boy. Upon realising what had happened, the kid stood up and came to Messi with his phone and took a selfie. Twitter was amazed at Messi’s grace and humility towards his fan. He took out the time to take a picture with the kid despite playing a full 90-minute final.

This young fan was being taken away by security but Messi stopped them so the boy take a selfie with him ❤️ pic.twitter.com/MHNfpSs2O0

— R  (@Lionel30i)

This young fan was being taken away by security but Messi stopped them so the boy take a selfie with him ❤️ pic.twitter.com/MHNfpSs2O0

— R  (@Lionel30i) July 31, 2022

Talking of the game, PSG went against Nantes in the French Champions Trophy in Tel Aviv. Messi opened the scoring with a dazzling run in the 22nd minute. The former Barcelona player dribbled past defenders to put PSG ahead in the starting embers of the game. Neymar, the most expensive football player converted a free kick in the extra time of the first half to give PSG a 2-0 lead going into the half time.

The second half saw an equally dominating performance from PSG as Sergio Ramos, a former Real Madrid player scored the third PSG goal. Neymar added another in the 82nd minute to help PSG win the French Champions Trophy.

Lionel Messi who played for Barcelona for 16 straight seasons moved to PSG two years ago as the Catalan club was pushed into financial disarray. Messi remained injured for a good part of his PSG career and could only score six goals in his first season.