Messi in Fragile X Syndrome Tribute

Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his team's fifth goal against Real Madrid during a Spanish league football match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on May 2, 2009.

After scoring both his El Clasico goals recently,  the Argentine superstar lifted up his Barcelona shirt to reveal another shirt he wore underneath.

The T-Shirt read:  ‘Sindrome X Fragil’, which is the name of a medical condition known in English as Fragile X Syndrome. It is a genetic problem that leads to emotional, mental, and sometimes physical problems in its sufferers.

Leo has spent time in recent weeks with sufferes of this condition, and it wil always be something close to his heart, as he hismelf was a sufferer of growth hormonal problems as a child.

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