On Wednesday, football superstar,

Lionel Messi

landed in London to particpate in a city-sized game of ‘Catch Him if you Can’. Organised by Adidas, the day saw the World Player of the Year dashing across London to complete a series of speed challenges, to see just how fast he really is. Despite two events having to be cancelled due to the vast amount of people who turned up, which caused safety & security issues, Messi managed to make it to Brick Lane, where he gave away free adidas boots to the first 50 people who had worked out where the secret location was.

Check out the behind-the-scenes glimpses of the madness…