Barcelona's Leo Messi Gives Playing Shirt to Pitch Invader After Malaga Win

One fan got a priceless piece of Lionel Messi memorabilia after Barcelona's 2-1 win over Malaga on Saturday.

Luis Enrique's side went back to the top of La Liga thanks to the Argentinian's brilliant winner, and the Ballon d'Or winner was greeted by a fan on the pitch shortly after the final whistle.

The pitch invader was escorted from the field fairly promptly but not before his hero handed him his playing shirt.

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It wasn't an entirely happy ending for the pitch-invasion, though, as the fan had the shirt confiscated by security at the stadium. 

A father of the 15-year-old's father shared on Facebook, as per Marca: 

"

The child's name is Kevin, he is 15 and is a friend of my son, Diego. 

Messi gave him his shirt and the security officers at the Rosaleda stadium took it away from him. 

It's outrageous, what do they get out of destroying a boy's happiness? 

"

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