In one photo from the shoot, Messi is seen helping Yamal's mother, Sheila Ebana, give the smiling five-month-old boy a bath in a blue plastic tub.

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...

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

According to the UN agency, the photographs were taken more than 18 years ago