Yamal is tremendous, facing him after baby photo is crazy – Messi
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has described it as “just crazy” that he will face Spain’s teenage sensation, Lamine Yamal, in Sunday’s FIFA World Cup final, years after an iconic photograph showed him cradling the future star as a baby.
Years later, Yamal progressed through Barcelona’s famed academy to establish himself as one of football’s brightest young talents, setting the stage for a memorable World Cup final against the man who unknowingly posed with him as an infant.
Messi enters the final in superb form, scoring eight goals and contributing four assists as Argentina reached the third World Cup final of his illustrious career, following appearances in 2014 and 2022.
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