Maradona’s birthday greetings for Messi

Argentina legend Diego Maradona wished Lionel Messi on his 31st birthday through an Instragram post. Maradona posted a picture of him with Messi and captioned the image with a short dedication that read `Happy Birthday, Leo Messi’ accompanied by two emoji gifts:  a cake and an arm with a closed fist, as a sign of strength.

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Feliz cumple @leomessi

A post shared by Diego Maradona Oficial (@maradona) on Jun 24, 2018 at 8:33am PDT

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Maradona Supported Messi on his last match against Croatia, where the Argentine playmaker came under intense criticism from his countrymen.

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¡#FelizCumpleaños capitán Leo Messi! pic.twitter.com/1f3JXlEu2x Selección Argentina (@Argentina) June 24, 2018

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Messi’s team mates and friends also celebrated his birthday, he was presented with birthday cake by Argentina team-mates as some of them posted some pictures with Messi on social media. Sergio Aguero wished Messi a happy birthday with a post on his Instagram. The 31-year-old also took time out to meet some of his team-mates' children.

Argentina are gearing themselves up for their final group game against Nigeria which will be held tomorrow at 12 pm in Bangladesh time.

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Te quiero pa !! #FelizCumpleaños pic.twitter.com/FN5rn4w9PPSergio Kun Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) June 24, 2018

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