Lionel Messi has described the viral photos of him with baby Lamine Yamal as "just crazy", as destiny brings the pair together for Sunday's World Cup final between Argentina and Spain. "To be honest, that photo is just crazy because, well, that's life, isn't it?" Messi told Tom Brady during an appearance on stage in New York. "I had my photo taken with him when he was a baby and here we are today, the two of us going up against each other in a World Cup. It really is crazy." The photoshoot came as part of a charity calendar made by local newspaper Diario Sport and UNICEF in 2007.

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…

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.