Vandals Destroy Messi Statue For Second Time In 2017
It appears that the legs of the player’s likeness were cut, leaving the body of the statue of the Argentina international sprawled across the pavement on Costanera Sur. In January 2017, the sculpture suffered similar damage, with the torso and head torn off only a matter of months after it was placed in its current location. The statue was part of a series of sculptures of Argentina’s sporting heroes on the Paseo de la Gloria along the banks of the Rio de la Plata....