In Rosario, Argentina, the best soccer player in the world, Lionel Messi, was unharmed when a youngster threw a punch at him as he was leaving a restaurant on Thursday. The assailant was among many fans looking for pictures and autographs. It was unclear if the punch made contact or what the reasoning behind it was but Messi just went on signing autographs while the assailant ran off. Witnesses noticed that the suspect was dressed in a uniform of a school that is just a few streets away restaurant. On his facebook page, Messi tried to play down the incident as to not stir and emotions. He wrote, "to relax all those people that asked us about the truth of the accident coming out of the restaurant, tell them I did not recieve any blows from anyone. I'm perfectly OK." Messi was visiting his home city of Rosario this week on holiday before practices start next week for the Copa America which opens July 1st.
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