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The Messi-Yamal Story Is Almost Too Wild to Be True — and It Ends in a World Cup Final
Times of India·Saturday, 18 July 2026
Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal will face each other in Sunday's World Cup final between Argentina and Spain. Nineteen years ago, Messi held baby Yamal during a charity photoshoot. Yamal has since become Spain's brightest football star at Barcelona, the same club Messi left in 2021.
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