Endless stripes of blue and white have overwhelmed Bangladesh in recent days, as their unofficial adopted national team reached the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
Mr Ahmed draws links between his father's inspiring stories of Maradona and witnessing Messi make history in real-time - describing the generational love for Argentina as a "cultural tradition."
"With this top player, you want to see him perform, you want him to win it all. When he's happy, everyone's happy."For Argentines, it's both jarring and beautiful to witness a country's people with little geopolitical connection wear its colours and wave a foreign flag. Last Sunday, Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero announced on Twitter that Argentina will reopen an embassy in Dhaka that closed in 1978.
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