Argentine grandfather, 100, keeps handwritten notes of every Messi goal

[ASFN Admin]

Hernán Mastrángelo, a 100-year-old grandfather in Argentina, has gone viral after it emerged that for years he had been taking handwritten notes of almost every goal scored by local hero and Barcelona star Lionel Messi. Mastrángelo, a chocolate maker by profession, made it his hobby to keep track of each of Messi's goals, an achievement his grandson Julián has announced on social media, catching people's imagination including the striker himself. Messi, who recently celebrated winning the Copa America with Argentina, recorded and sent a video message of thanks.

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