1 EARNING HIS CORN
You know those weird newspaper stories where Boris Johnson’s face appears on a piece of toast or something? It’s only gone and happened in Argentina, too.
OK, this wasn’t some bizarre accidental apparition like the Turin Shroud, or that ghost mascot at the World Cup – it was actually a very elaborate tribute by a farmer in Los Condores, near Cordoba.
Lionel Messi’s historic triumph in Qatar has led to a whole raft of homages – tattoos, murals in several different countries, a hot air balloon redesigned into his number 10 jersey in Colombia, even giant papier maché Messi puppets roaming the streets in Ecuador to celebrate New Year.
