Lionel Messi has spoken about the "crazy" photos of him bathing a baby Lamine Yamal and the fact they are now meeting in a World Cup final

Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal will face each other in the World Cup final. This reunion follows a 2007 charity photo where Messi held baby Yamal. Yamal, now a young star, will…

Some dreams come true, yet only a few stories capture football's magic quite like the one connecting the GOAT Lionel Messi and the protege Lamine...

Un sorteo de UNICEF en el barrio catalán de Mataró reunió en 2007 a un Messi de 20 años con el bebé que, casi dos décadas después, lo espera en la final de la Copa del Mundo

Diecinueve años después, el astro argentino y el español se encontrarán en la final del Mundial de Estados Unidos, México y Canadá, que enfrentará a España y Argentina.

La fotografía permaneció en el anonimato durante años hasta que la familia del futbolista la hizo pública, convirtiéndose en una de las imágenes más simbólicas del fútbol

Nel 2007 Messi faceva il bagnetto a un neonato per l'Unicef. Quel bimbo era Lamine Yamal. Ora si trovano uno contro l'altro nella finale dei Mondiali

Nineteen years after Lionel Messi cradled baby Lamine Yamal at a charity photoshoot, the two will meet on opposite sides of the World Cup final.

In 2007, at a UNICEF charity event, Messi bathed five‑month‑old Lamine Yamal in the Camp Nou dressing room. Nineteen years later they meet in the 2026 World Cup final: Spain v…

Explore the fascinating journey of Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal as they prepare to face each other in the FIFA World Cup final, symbolising the transition from one footballing…

The photograph shows a teenage Messi, then a promising Barcelona academy graduate, cradling and bathing baby Yamal during the charity...

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In 2007, the parents of Spain's Lamine Yamal won a competition to meet a Barcelona player when their son was a baby - and the player in question was Messi, then 20 and a rising…

Before they were rivals, Messi posed with baby Yamal for a charity photo shoot.

The duo first met when the Spaniard was just five months old, now the World Cup final will be their stage | Football News

Nel 2007 il fuoriclasse argentino teneva in braccio il piccolo Lamine durante un calendario benefico del Barcellona. Diciannove anni dopo, quella fotografia è diventata una delle…

UNICEF confirms viral photos of Lionel Messi bathing baby Lamine Yamal are authentic, taken 18 years ago during a fundraising photoshoot.

The baby in the photo – which has now gone viral – was none other than Lamine Yamal, the Spanish wunderkind who at 16 was showing such promise that he was already being compared…

When the duo face off in the World Cup final, they will complete the circle of a remarkable journey that started 19 years ago.

"Who would have imagined that the little child in the picture would go on to be somebody who, if the early promise is fulfilled...

Did a 20-year-old Lionel Messi ever imagine that the baby he cradled in his arms would one day stand across from him in a FIFA World Cup final? Wha...