During today’s World Cup final, Lionel Messi's Argentina will play Lamine Yamal's Spain for the biggest trophy in the sport. Just recently a photo shows up that pictures Messi bathing baby Yamal in 2007 as part of a charity calendar produced by local newspaper Sport and UNICEF. Luck dictated that Yamal's mother, who appears in the calendar photo, won a raffle of families in the city of Mataró, near Barcelona, who wanted to participate. Football destiny then deemed that her baby boy, who would become a star for Barcelona some 15 years later, was paired up with the Argentine who would become one of the greatest of all time. A tearful Messi left Barcelona in 2021 when the club was in financial trouble.
Yamal erupted at the club two years later. The journey is now complete, from bathtub to World Cup final, where the 19-year-old Yamal will face a Messi who is 20 years his senior. It’s interesting also to note that Cape Verde, one of the surprise teams in this World Cup, with a population of half a million (the size of Malta,) tied both Spain and Argentina. So they can say that whichever World Champion will be crowned tonight, they were not able to beat tiny Cape Verde !
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