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Young Messi Bathes Baby Yamal… Photographer: “Amazing… Excited”


The photographer who took the scene 17 years ago of 'God of Football' Lionel Messi (Argentina) bathing 'baby' Lamine Yamal (Spain) who was only a few months old, recalled the 'first meeting of geniuses'.


According to AP on the 9th, photographer Joan Monfort captured the historic scene of 20-year-old Messi washing baby Yamal in the away team locker room at Camp Nou in Barcelona, ​​Spain in the fall of 2007.


Messi, who was playing for FC Barcelona at the time, participated in an annual charity event for local newspapers and UNICEF.


It was an event where Barcelona players and local residents took photos for a calendar. 메이저사이트


Yamal's family entered the charity photo draw and won, and by chance, they were paired up with Messi.


A long-haired young Messi was washing baby Yamal, just a few months old, in a plastic tub next to his mother from Equatorial Guinea.


The historic meeting of the two geniuses became a hot topic last week when Yamal's father posted a photo of Messi and baby Yamal on social media with the caption, "The beginning of two legends."


It was only then that writer Monfort realized that the baby in the bathtub was young Yamal.


Monfort, who has been working as a sports photographer around the world since 1991, said he felt an unprecedented excitement when he saw the photos of 'young Messi and young Yamal.'


"It's very exciting to be in such an amazing situation.


To be honest, it feels very good," Monfort said with a smile.


"Messi is introverted and shy," recalled writer Monfort.


"He came out of the locker room and looked embarrassed when he found a baby in a plastic tub full of water.


At first, he didn't even know how to hold the baby."


Messi debuted for Barcelona's senior team in 2004 and has been playing as a 'superstar' until 2021.


He is aiming for Argentina's 16th title by participating in the Copa América 2024 (2024 South American Football Championship), and there is a high possibility that this will be his retirement from the national team.


Yamal, born in 2007 and praised as the greatest talent since Messi, debuted in La Liga wearing a Barcelona uniform last year and set various records such as the youngest debut, start, and score in the league.


Still only 16 years old, Yamal played for the Spanish national team in Euro 2024 (2024 European Football Championship), breaking the records for the youngest participant and youngest attack point in the history of the tournament.


Yamal turns 17 in four days, on the 13th.


The Euro final will be held on the afternoon of the 14th, local time.


If Spain defeats France in the semifinals on the morning of the 10th, Lamine Yamal will be able to lift the trophy as a 17th birthday present.

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