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Why 20-year-old photo of Argentina’s football great Lionel Messi has gone viral

A 2007 photograph of Lionel Messi bathing baby Lamine Yamal has gone viral as the pair prepare to face each other in a World Cup final. Photographer Joan Monfort captured the images at Barcelona's Camp Nou after Yamal's family won a newspaper raffle. Now 19, Yamal is a Spanish sensation set to play against 39-year-old Messi in New Jersey.

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Published 16 Jul 2026, 22:27 UTC · Updated 16 Jul 2026, 22:30 UTC

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