BEIJING Messi-mania gripped Beijing ahead of a sell-out friendly on Thursday evening between world champions Argentina and Australia in the Chinese capital. All eyes were on Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest footballer of all time and who lifted the World Cup for...
“I first hid in the janitor’s closet, then went up to the team’s floor through the fire escape staircase,” the man, surnamed Lin, told AFP.Chinese fans wait for members of Argentina's football team in the lobby of a hotel where the team is staying in Beijing on June 10, 2023. Argentina will play a friendly football match against Australia on June 15 at Beijing's newly renovated 68,000-capacity Workers' Stadium.
“I just want to feel the environment,” said the 29-year-old, who had never been to Beijing before now.
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