20-year-old Messi bathed 6-month-old Yamal, who entered La Masia 6 years later!

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2024-07-10 02:41Published in Zhejiang

The focus of international football has been on the Copa America and the European Championship of late, both of which have reached the semi-finals and are about to decide the winner. However, a recent photo seems to have attracted the attention of fans, that is, 20-year-old Messi bathing 6-month-old Ramin Yamal.

One is Messi, the best player of our generation, who has countless achievements in Barcelona and has 8 Ballon d'Or awards; The other is Lamine Yamal, who is about to turn 17 and is expected to be the next Camp Nou leader, and the two players could not have imagined a connection 17 years ago.

The photo was taken in December 2007, when Barcelona and a Catalan media outlet "Diario Sport" collaborated to shoot a set of calendars for charity, and the funds obtained will be donated to charity, this event has been done many times in the local area, countless photos have been taken, and there are also many photos of players and children, but this time the protagonists are Messi and Lamine Yamal, and the combination of the two will definitely attract attention.

The photographer said in an interview that it was not easy to take this set of photos at that time, Messi was very shy, he was even more shy at that time than now, and it was difficult to let two complete strangers interact and not be cold. Fortunately, the child's mother was on her side, so that the baby did not have to worry about such an environment, and the two sides slowly interacted.

"It's hard to believe that no one could have imagined that this baby would be what he is now, and you wouldn't have known Messi in 2007 that he would be where he is today." So says photographer Monfort.

Monfort didn't actually know that the baby was Ramin Yamal at the time, and after the photos were leaked on the Internet, his colleagues from Diario Sport contacted him, and he laughed after knowing that it was Lamine Yamal, saying that he took a lot of photos at the time, and some of them were kept.

'It's great that this happened, that Lamine Yamal became a footballer and that the picture remained, especially in today's football world where a lot of things are about money and power.

Monfort also mentioned that at that time, Lamine Yamal's mother was coming from the northeast of Barcelona with a 6-month-old child, they lived in Mataro, 40 kilometers from Barcelona, and it was not easy to travel so far in a car with small children, not everyone would want to do it, and when they arrived, they had to wait, wait for the players and all the personnel to be positioned, everything was ready, it was really not easy.

In the 6 years after the photo, Lamine Yamal also joined La Masia Academy, he regularly hitchhiked from Mataro to Barcelona to train, he started playing ball at a young age and learned a more free-spirited style of play on the street, but went to La Masia Academy, Lamine Yamal began formal training.

But Lamine Yamal, who is considered a genius, has not completely lost his original style, and he is still unpredictable in the game, using the same left foot as Messi, although the right foot is weak, but when the inside line is blocked, Lamine Yamal can also use his right foot under the bottom.

Last season's Barcelona coach Xavi said: "Lamine Yamal is very different, which is rare in football, and Lamine Yamal is always able to make the best decisions. Of course, it's hard to compare with Messi, who is the best player of all time.

Lamine Yamal is a talented player, I believe that anyone who has watched him play will think so, but in fact, compared to Messi's style, Lamine Yamal may actually be analogous to the Brazilian king Neymar, Lamine Yamal also said that Messi is the best player, but he prefers to watch Neymar play.

'People will compare me to Messi, in fact, I think everyone should think about it more, we are in a similar position, but I don't think anyone can compare to Messi, I will play the way I do, without pressure, I just want to enjoy the game.'

In 2023, Messi, who has left Barcelona to play at Miami International in the United States, was asked in an interview who can become the best in the world after him, Messi mentioned Mbappe, Haaland, Vinicius Júnior and others, and then he said: "I don't know, there are many young people who can compete now, Lamine Yamal is very young, plays at Barcelona, and plays an important role, and will work hard to become the best player in the future, a good era is coming." ”

Lamine Yamal is still young and has a lot to improve, and he still needs to be involved more defensively, running off the ball and working better with his team-mates before he is a player of Messi's level.

There's still plenty of time, and that's just a teenager under 17, and Ramin Yamal says that by the time he's 25, he wants to be a responsible person and everyone already knows who he is.

At 25 years old, it was 8 years for Ramin Yamal. It's a terrible number, Lamine Yamal has already played one European Championship, and at the age of 25, he is already playing in his third European Cup.

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