Lionel Messi describes viral photo of him with baby Lamine Yamal as 'crazy'
Argentina's captain Lionel Messi has spoken out about the widely shared image showing him bathing Spanish winger Lamine Yamal nearly two decades ago. Messi remarked, "That photo...is crazy...because...well, that’s life...right? I took a photo with him as a baby, and here we both are, facing off in World Cup." At the time the picture was captured, Messi was 20 years old and Yamal was just five months old.