OMG! Young Brazilian boy named ‘Lionel Messi’

XtraTime Web Desk: A Brazilian family named their child Messi Maier dos Santos. The reason behind that is as simple as you could imagine. His father Gabriel Quadros dos Santos and mother Lisiane Maier are huge admirers of the Argentina and Barca star.

The ‘Brazilian Lionel Messi’, born on the 14th September 2012, left his home on Friday to make the trip to see his idol train. However, he was only able to see 

The little Messi plays football and, naturally, is a forward. He supports Barça and after being handed the name in honour of Leo, never misses a match of his namesake.

Despite failing to meet his hero, the Brazilian Messi will continue to try and grab the attention of Leo and explain his story to him.