00:03This is not Buenos Aires, and it's not Rosario, Messi's hometown.
00:08This is Bangladesh.
00:10Why does this South Asian nation support Argentina with such extreme passion?
00:15It all dates back to 1986 and a football legend named Diego Maradona.
00:21See, Bangladesh has a deeply painful history with British colonial rule.
00:26So, when Maradona single-handedly defeated England in the 1986 World Cup,
00:32Bangladeshis saw him as a hero who stood up to their former oppressors.
00:37That anti-colonial defiance sparked a deep generational love.
00:41Today, Lionel Messi has kept that fire burning bright.
00:46What started as political sympathy evolved into pure footballing worship,
00:50proving that sports can unite two cultures thousands of miles apart.
00:56What happened to David will to!
00:58Traveling happened to the situation and I knew him.
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