Bravo, sir.
A mystery, lonesome, random Aussie fan has been spotted somewhere in the fan frenzy that Lionel Messi caused in Beijing on Friday morning.
The Argentinian caused an early moment of mayhem in the grandstands when he scored just 81 seconds into his country’s friendly against the Socceroos.
One fan who would not have been enjoying the atmosphere as much was the brave man wearing an Aussie gold Socceroos shirt in amongst the 68,000 screaming Messi fans.
Now it’s time to give the fan the respect he is due for his efforts of giving the Socceroos some level of visible support inside the Workers’ Stadium in Beijing.
Countless photos of a random fan sitting in amongst the seas of blue and white seen around the stadium have surfaced in the wake of Argentina’ 2-0 victory.
Each photo should bring another degree of appreciation for the mystery fan.
Code Sports’ Adam Peacock seemed to sum it up when he wrote: “For the Beijing game, 68,000 tickets sold out in a minute. Roughly 67,785 of them wore Argentina No.10 shirts.”
Fortunately, spectators seemed far too busy on their phones to have any interest in paying attention to the outlying fan.
Even security guards were seen with their phones out trying to take the perfect photo as Messi took a corner at one point in the match.
The 35-year-old put on a show for them.
Messi set two new marks in the win, scoring the fastest goal of his career while also scoring in his seventh straight game for his country – which was also a personal record.
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner curled in from the edge of the area following a turnover by the Socceroos.
Messi has now scored in every minute of a game at some point of his career, except for the opening minute.
Australia weathered
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