Almost two decades after a charity photo shoot brought them together, Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal are set to meet in the FIFA World Cup 2026 final, turning one of football's most unlikely photographs into reality.

Nel 2007, in occasione di un calendario benefico, l'allora fuoriclasse del Barcellona posò per una serie di fotografie insieme ad alcuni bambini. In uno degli scatti più celebri,…

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…

Joan Monfort, el autor de la fotografía viral, reveló el origen de la imagen que juntó a los dos astros del fútbol internacional.

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

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.

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…

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...

En 2007, el fotógrafo Joan Monfort tomó una foto de un Messi de 20 años y el joven extremo español, que tenía 5 meses. El domingo, se encuentran de nuevo.

The serendipity of the photo is hard to comprehend. Two decades ago, a rising star and a newborn were paired together for a photo shoot. Now, they are battling for the World Cup.