Messi plays blind football with Paralympics team
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, along with teammates Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitic, recently played blind football with Spain’s Paralympic team. The five-a-side match, organised by UNICEF as part of its #thisability campaign, saw Messi and his teammates wear blindfolds and play with a sound-emitting ball. The match featured a penalty shootout which ended 1-1, with Messi converting his penalty.