Lorenzo Valente(@LorenzoARK):I was reading about this famous photo of Messi bathing baby Lamine Yamal, and the story is actually pretty crazy. This was 19 years ago. The photo was taken in 2007 as part of a UNICEF and FC Barcelona charity calendar. Families entered a raffle for the chance to have their picture taken with a Barça player at Camp Nou. Lamine Yamal’s family won the raffle, with his mother also appearing in the photos. By pure chance, Messi was the player assigned to the shoot. On Sunday, they’ll face each other in the World Cup final. The football gods are writing the script...

2026.07.16 12:31

I was reading about this famous photo of Messi bathing baby Lamine Yamal, and the story is actually pretty crazy. This was 19 years ago. The photo was taken in 2007 as part of a UNICEF and FC Barcelona charity calendar. Families entered a raffle for the chance to have their picture taken with a Barça player at Camp Nou. Lamine Yamal’s family won the raffle, with his mother also appearing in the photos. By pure chance, Messi was the player assigned to the shoot. On Sunday, they’ll face each other in the World Cup final. The football gods are writing the script...