Back in 2007, Argentina's Lionel Messi and Spain's Lamine Yamal met for the first time. But it wasn't on the pitch. Yamal was in a tub, and it was for a UNICEF calendar.
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Do real photos show Lionel Messi bathing baby Lamine Yamal in 2007? Yes, it's true: It has been nearly 19 years since members of the Barcelona soccer team posed with children for a charity fundraising calendar. The five-month-old baby paired...
Sunday’s World Cup Final at New York-New Jersey Stadium will be headlined by one of the more tantalizing, dichotomous matchups of the entire tournament, pitting the 39-year-old maestro of Argentina, Lionel Messi, against Spain’s 19-year-old wunderkind, Lamine Yamal.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Almost two decades ago, photographer Joan Monfort didn’t think much of his photo shoot of a teenage Lionel Messi bathing a cute baby boy in a plastic bathtub. Not until the remarkable twist of fate became clear years later, when that infant blossomed into Lamine Yamal.
“I have never been a believer or thought that anything was destined to occur, but I am beginning to have my doubts. This is beyond all reasonable explanations."
As Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal are set to face off in the World Cup finale, this Sunday at New Jersey Stadium, Messi is having a full-circle moment in his career.
Almost two decades ago, photographer Joan Monfort didn't think much of his photo shoot of a teenage Lionel Messi bathing a cute baby boy in a plastic bathtub. Not until the remarkable twist of fate became clear years later, when…
For weeks, World Cup fans have been abuzz about the now-iconic, throwback photos of Argentina star Lionel Messi bathing a baby Lamine Yamal, who’s now one of the best players from Spain. With the two now slated to face off on the pitch at the upcoming World Cup finals on July 19, as their countries …
Spain’s Lamine Yamal is one win from placing himself in soccer immortality. But with immortality comes the cost of dethroning his childhood hero, Argentina’s Lionel Messi. Yamal spoke about facing his childhood hero in the World Cup final Sunday and said, “It’s difficult to put into words.
Yamal or Messi? With just a few hours to go before kick-off in the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, we took to the streets of New York to ask fans which of the two players they prefer
Back in 2007, Argentina's Lionel Messi and Spain's Lamine Yamal met for the first time. But it wasn't on the pitch. Yamal was in a tub, and it was for a UNICEF calendar.
