Argentines pay homage to Mother

Messi, nearly mobbed even by security forces during the presentation ceremony on Friday night, remained at the hotel and came along with the squad to the team’s practice session on Saturday evening.

Nicolás Burdisso, Jonás Gutiérrez, Mariano Andújar, Marcos Rojo, Federico Fernández and Estaban Andrada went to the Mother House this morning, an Argentinian journalist said. “They spent more than half an hour as they went to the Mother’s tomb on the ground floor before heading to the chapel where the Mother used to attend prayers,” sources at the Missionaries of Charity said.

Confirming that Messi did not come, the source said, “the main person (Messi) did not come. But they came in quietly, and visited the usual places. They left silently, paying homage to the Mother. They also visited Mother’s room,’’ he added.