SOCCER/ Messi, Barca teammates bring smiles to evacuees

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YOKOHAMA--Argentine striker Lionel Messi and his FC Barcelona teammates on Dec. 13 met with children in Yokohama who evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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SOCCER/ Messi, Barca teammates bring smiles to evacuees
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YOKOHAMA--Argentine striker Lionel Messi and his FC Barcelona teammates on Dec. 13 met with children in Yokohama who evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake.The Spanish soccer powerhouse is competing in FIFA's Club World Cup in Japan.Eleven students were invited to Barca's practice ground where they received FC Barcelona jerseys and participated in a photo session."As I had expected, he (Messi) was a good-looking person," said 17-year-old Hikaru Niizuma, who received a jersey from the two-time FIFA Player of the Year.

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