Lionel Messi Mourns over the Death of Kobe Bryant

DBasia.news –  News of the death of the NBA legend, Kobe Bryant has made all athletes mourn. The athletes have also expressed their condolences to the 41-year-old basketball player. La Pulga was one of them, he also expressed his condolences for the disaster that claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna.

Bryant (41 years old) and his daughter Gianna (13 years old) are among the nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabanas, California, United States (US).

The death of the five-time NBA champion has made the sporting world mourn, with condolences not only coming from the basketball world but from other sports.

Many footballers paid tribute to the late Bryant, one of whom was the six-time Argentine Ballon d’Or winner, Lionel Messi.

“I am speechless … all my feelings are directed towards Kobe’s family and friends,” Messi wrote on his Instagram account on Monday (1/27).

“It’s nice to have met you and shareed pleasant moments together. You’re a genius like everyone else.”

Bryant is the face of the LA Lakers, even after retiring in 2016.

Messi and Bryant have starred in advertisements several times, but the most famous is when they starred in Turkish Airlines ads.

The ad starred Kobe with Messi in 2013. The collaboration of the two sports superstars manifested a promotional show that became the most watched travel advertisement in 2013.

In the travel advertisement, both of them were depicted as if they were competing starting from the plane until they traveled to various destinations in the world and showed off their selfies.