‘It’s Messi’s moment’: Mural of footballer covers student dormitory in Tirana

Argentinian street artist Maximiliano Bagnasco takes a photo of a mural portraying Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, that he painted, in Tirana, Albania (Llazar Semini/AP)

One side of a dormitory for medical students in the Albanian capital Tirana has been covered by a mural of Lionel Messi.

Argentine painter Maximiliano Bagnasco is taking part in the Tirana MuralFest 2023 and decided to go with the footballer, his “idol”.