FIFA World Cup 2026: Messi and Yamal's 2007 photo comes full circle
In 2007, a 20-year-old Lionel Messi bathed a five-month-old baby in a plastic tub for a UNICEF charity calendar. That baby was Lamine Yamal. Nineteen years later, the two face off as rivals in the World Cup final — Messi chasing one more title, Yamal leading Spain's new generation. Yamal's mother won the photoshoot spot through a neighborhood raffle in Rocafonda, Mataró, where Yamal grew up
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