Hit or miss? World Cup stars Salah, Pogba and Messi painted as historical leaders - in pictures

The art project 'Like the Gods' has opened in the Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, featuring work by Italian artist Fabrizio Birimbelli

Visitors speak in front of a portrait of Argentina's Lionel Messi at the Museum of Academy of Arts in St.Petersburg, Russia. Dmitri Lovetsky / AP Photo