Messi faces Yamal in World Cup final — a 20-year-old photo foreshadowed the passing of the torch
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Messi faces Yamal in World Cup final — a 20-year-old photo foreshadowed the passing of the torch

Twenty years ago, a young Lionel Messi bathed six-month-old Lamine Yamal, unknowingly marking out his future successor at FC Barcelona. On Sunday the two will face each other in the FIFA World Cup final. The story behind the now-famous photograph has become a powerful symbol of the changing of the guard in world football.

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