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Messi broke his heart fan 9 years

Hudson Sherwood was five years old when Lionel Messi became his idol. He and his family traveled to Barcelona, making a tour of the Nou Camp stadium and in the Barca dressing room.
Hudson saw trophies and photographs made ​​in the field, while wearing shirt Messi. He wants to wear the shirt with the number 10 on his team.
Six months ago, Hudsonit father, Tony Sherwood had bought two tickets for $ 2,500 to go to Soldier Field Stadium in Chicago to follow closely Messi friendly companions and the rest of the world, which took place on 6 July.
They were pledged to meet with Messi and that would take him to autograph shirt and a ball.
Sherwood acknowledges that in other cases, will not pay so much money for his son to meet a famous person, but because the money would go to fund UNICEF to help the poor.
But his effort went to waste. Sherwood says about 75 people who paid from $ 2,500 went disappointed and head down the stadium. They waited nearly two hours before he said that the best player in the world will not come.
"It was chaos from the beginning. They were not prepared. They told us that he would come, and 5 minutes before the match, one of the representatives who spoke Spanish with us, came and told us that he would not come, "says Sherwood.
Fans were told that Messi will reach the end of the first half or the end of the match, but it was not either one or the other. "There were people tired, disappointed and heartbroken," he added.
Hudson had with the T-shirts themselves surprised Messi and his father, on his way home. "Dad, next time I will wear the shirt, do not want it to be Messi," said the heartbroken boy.
However, fans were shirts with printed signature of Messi and a loose ball with his signature, a way that even close to what was promised.
This was the second time that Messi did 'gaffe'. He was expected to play five days earlier in another friendly match in Los Angeles, but it canceled 24 hours in advance.
"It is not that sought to stay all night or having dinner with the boy. Were questions 30 seconds with each person and will leave free "Sherwood said.
He hopes that Messi to apologize or express regret, and said that his son's heart is broken. / Fish Media /