Photos of Lionel Messi bathing Spanish 16-year-old star Lamine Yamal as a baby have gone viral.
In 2007, a young Lionel Messi posed for photos with a baby in the dressing room of the Camp Nou in Barcelona for a charity calendar photoshoot.
But little did the photographer know that the baby would also make waves in international football less than 17 years later.His goal against France in the semi-final on TuesdayAt 16 years and 362 days, the strike also made him the youngest man to score in the tournament's history. The photos were taken by Joan Monfort, who works as a freelance photographer for the Associated Press.
"They signed up for the raffle to have their picture taken at the Camp Nou with a Barça player. And they won the raffle," Mr Monfort told the Associated Press.“Messi is a pretty introverted guy, he’s shy,” he said.
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