Messi and Yamal's Shared History Revealed Ahead of World Cup Final
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- Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal are set to meet in Sunday's World Cup final, revealing a shared history.
- A 2007 photo shoot by Barcelona and Unicef captured Messi cradling infant Yamal, a "miracle of destiny" according to the photographer.
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Ahead of Sunday's World Cup final, a previously unseen photo from 2007 shows Lionel Messi cradling an infant Lamine Yamal during a Barcelona-Unicef photo shoot for a calendar.
Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal meet for the first time on the football pitch in Sunday’s World Cup final, which serves as a reminder that the Argentina veteran and the Spain teenager share an extraordinary history dating back to 2007.
Back then, rising Barcelona star Messi was pictured bathing and cradling an infant Yamal in a photo shoot organised by Barcelona and their shirt sponsors, children’s relief organisation Unicef, for a calendar.
Yamal’s parents were invited via a raffle conducted by local paper Sport, the winners getting a professional photo shoot with a Barcelona first-team player.
The photos were kept under wraps until Yamal’s father shared them on Instagram when Yamal had his international breakthrough at Euro 2024.
“It is a true miracle of destiny,” Joan Monfort, who took the photographs, told the BBC.
“It is serendipity – when you find something extra special, so much bigger than you ever thought. If you wrote this in a film, it would not seem possible.”
Preguntas abiertas
- How did Messi and Yamal react to the revelation?
- What was the outcome of the World Cup final?
