Photos of Lionel Messi with 16-year-old soccer star Lamine Yamal as a baby resurface
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Photos of Lionel Messi with 16-year-old soccer sensation Lamine Yamal as a baby have resurfaced as they've enjoyed international success on the pitch this week.
On Tuesday night, Messi, who led Argentina to a World Cup title in 2022, took his national team to the final of the Copa America after beating Canada 2-0 in a game that featured his first goal of this year's tournament. Just hours earlier, Yamal, the teenager from Spain, became the youngest player ever to score in the European Championship when he netted a goal in a 2-0 win against France. He will turn 17 on Saturday — one day before the final.
The players have been linked before as Yamal currently stars for FC Barcelona and Messi suited up for the organization for nearly two decades. But heartwarming pictures of them together over 16 years ago have reemerged after Yamal's father shared one of the images on his Instagram account last week. He captioned the photo "the beginning of two greats."
