Heavenly Treatment for Messi, Maradona
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The players are clad in the blue-and-white striped jersey of Argentina's national team.
The club, where many children play, is located in the southern part of Buenos Aires, not far from the stadium of Boca Juniors, Argentina's most successful club and where Maradona enjoyed two stints as a player.
"It's as if Maradona had bestowed upon Messi the gift of continued good football," explains the artist behind the work, Santiago Barbeito.
For Elsegood, it was a simple decision.
"We realized the ceiling was rather dark," he said.
"We thought at first of painting it blue with white clouds. But one day, the artist came to us and said it would be better to do it with Messi and Maradona. I think it turned out great."
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