Lionel Messi. AP FILE PHOTO
He is officially a Wizard.
Lionel Messi, football’s finest magician, has become a Washington Wizard—on an honorary basis, at least.
Messi and the Argentina football team were at Verizon Center to watch the Wizards play against the Indiana Pacers.
“Our honorary member of the #Wizards for the night, the one and only Lionel Messi,” the Wizards posted on Facebook.
Argentina is set to play a friendly against El Salvador and decided to stop by Verizon Center to catch some hoop action.
Messi, who plays for FC Barcelona in La Liga, had a compatriot playing, although for the other team: Luis Scola of the Pacers. JN
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