The Argentine team was crowned world champion And with this, photos and videos of fans with team players exploded on social networks.
However, there is one that remained for the history of Colombia, which starred a seller of a commercial premises in the city of Pereira.
Luis Eduardo Giraldo will never forget that January 13, 2005, when the ’10’, then a FC Barcelona player, he came to this city to play in the World Cup Soccer Under 20.
It was in one of his spare time that ‘La Pulga’, along with his companions, they left the concentration to tour tourist sites.
This is how on that date, Lionel Messi reached the San Andrésito shopping center, located in the center of the Risaraldense capital, to buy a pair of tennis shoes.
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“That day, by coincidence, several players arrived and I was attending to the business. I’ll never forget what he bought: a size 31 white tennis shoe. They had a golden pimp and four cameras in the back, one of those that were used at the time,” Giraldo told the newspaper El Tiempo.
Although it may seem incredulous to many, Well, not all the shoes that are sold there are original and their price is quite affordable.this worker assures that it was so.
“He gave me $100 to pay and I went all the way around. They were worth 75,000 and I took the return to the hotel; For this favor he gave me 10,000 pesos. The truth is that I do not think they were original, they did not seem visible, “he stressed.
On whether they were for him or not, Luis says that Messi confessed to him that it was for a relative. “In the middle of shopping, he told me that They were for his brother, so I think he never used them.”assured the same medium.
Now, Luis has framed the photo he took with ‘Lio’ in the living room of his house and shared it 17 years later on his Instagram account.