Today is Lionel Messi’s birthday and adidas has decided to help the phenom celebrate by unveiling a special edition of the boots/shoes the Argentina international sports. Messi first tried on his new boots in training on his 27th birthday today, before closing out group stage play with Argentina tomorrow (June 25th) against Nigeria in Porto Alegre.
The new boots are a birthday edition of the adizeroTM f50 Messi boots with with a new color scheme of green, blue, pink, orange and white, along with the iconic adidas three stripes.
A total of just 27 pairs of the special edition “Messi Birthday Boots” were made – celebrating each year of Messi’s life – with two exclusive signed pairs to be given away on a competition by @teammessi on his birthday.
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