Take a walk around Miami’s Little Buenos Aires neighborhood, and nearly everyone there will tell you a story about meeting Lionel Messi.
There’s the bakery employee, working at the counter, who will tell you about Messi’s visit there and how much the Inter Miami and Argentina captain enjoyed the medialunas. Down the street, someone at the coffee shop will talk of spotting Messi in traffic, behind the wheel of a luxury SUV. Messi, that person and others will tell you, will flash you a wide smile as he waits for the signal to change, and may even entertain the idea of an autograph.
