The boy who hugged Messi and scored the goal still can't digest: "became a mini-celeb"
10-year-old Neve Wolff reacted with amazement when he encountered Elilo up close, in a video that scorched social networks.
Two days later, his mother tells of the special excitement: "He came to me with tears in his eyes," and of the euphoria that still hasn't faded: "They greeted him with screams at the school gate. He will tell his grandchildren about it."
Raanan Baranovski
16/09/2022
Friday, September 16, 2022, 1:30 p.m
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Summary of the day in Sport, 16.9 (Sport1)
Maccabi Haifa's game against Paris Saint-Germain yesterday provided quite a few exciting moments, on and off the field.
The one who will remember this game for the rest of his life is 10-year-old Neve Wolf from Kiryat Motzkin, who probably fulfilled the dream of many children around the world when he was chosen to be among the 22 lucky children who go up hand in hand with the players of both teams.
Neve's parents won a lottery held by one of the "Mastercard" sponsors on social networks, and the boy got to fulfill his life's dream.
In a video that has gone viral on social networks, Neve is seen excited and excited next to his friends, when he found out that the one standing behind him is none other than Leo Messi and next to him are the other two stars Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
"It's my first time at a football game, my first time at the stadium in Haifa and I'm also very excited," said Michal Wolff, Neve's mother.
"Since yesterday morning, I received hundreds of messages from friends and family members, when everyone saw Neve excited next to the big stars on the field. They said he was so cute and emotional and that his reaction, with his mouth open and his eyes wide open, was so authentic and emotional. We are all in a kind of euphoria and not really Digesting what happened. Even his friends who saw this video on Tiktok and Facebook and on every possible network, are all extremely excited. They are all fans of Maccabi Haifa, sick of football and for them Neve fulfilled a dream that each of them dreamed of his whole life. This is something Neve will be able to tell his children and grandchildren His, because everything is documented."
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Moments he will never forget.
When Neve met Messi (photo: screenshot, from Twitter)
"He came up to me in the stands with tears in his eyes."
Neve and his mother (photo: courtesy of those photographed)
became the hero of the day.
Neve in the stands (Photo: Courtesy of those photographed)
Neve, a 5th grade student at the "Ben Gurion" school in Kiryat Motzkin, arrived at the school last night (Thursday) and was received with warmth and love and of course became the hero of the day.
"I accompanied him to school, because after all the celebration there are also duties and we didn't think of missing school. When we entered the gate he was just greeted with screams by everyone. He became a mini-celeb, it was amazing. He is a boy who really likes to study, but also likes sports, loves football who knows all the teams and players.
"There was an electrifying atmosphere in the stadium, and I was privileged to see him fulfill a dream.
He was lucky and the three biggest players just stood behind him.
Right after the game started, Neve came up to me in the stands and just cried with excitement with a pounding heart.
His face said it all.
Neve is a very reserved boy usually, but this time he just couldn't hold back the tears and told me 'Mom, I made a dream come true, Messi hugged me, Mbappe hugged me and Neymar too.
I'm dead, I don't believe, I don't believe'".
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