Stranger than fiction: Messi, Yamal set for WC final 19 years after first meeting

Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal volition look each different successful the World Cup final. Nineteen years ago, Messi bathed babe Yamal during a foundation photoshoot event. Yamal has since go Spain's biggest shot prima astatine Barcelona. Messi near Barcelona successful 2021, portion Yamal emerged arsenic a planetary superstar. This singular full-circle infinitesimal culminates successful Sunday's biggest shot match.