20-year-old Lionel Messi bathing a 5 months old Lamine Yamal for a UNICEF campaign in 2007
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the old photos of Lionel Messi bathing and caring for a baby Lamine Yamal were taken during its fundraising photoshoot in Barcelona.
Over the past few years, the inspirational, almost mythical, set of pictures of Messi cradling baby Yamal has been circulating on social media.
The photos first went viral during the 2024 European Championships, which Yamal won with the Spanish national team.
Both Yamal and Messi will face each other for the first time in their respective careers in the final of the 2026 World Cup.
Argentina will be defending their world title against Spain at the MetLife Stadium on Sunday at 8 pm Nigerian time.
In anticipation of the upcoming match, UNICEF revisited old photos of Yamal and Messi, noting
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