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Clarizza Potoy

Why Did Lionel Messi Bathe Lamine Yamal? Explaining The Viral 2007 UNICEF Charity Baby Photo

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Lionel Messi’s viral 2007 photograph with baby Lamine Yamal was taken for a UNICEF-linked FC Barcelona charity calendar (Credit: X: Inter Miami CF)

Lionel Messi gave six-month-old Lamine Yamal a bubble bath during a 2007 charity calendar shoot at FC Barcelona, not in a private family moment, but after Yamal's family won a UNICEF-linked raffle. The photographs have returned to the spotlight as the two footballers dominate conversation around the 2026 World Cup, an almost absurd collision of football's past and present.

A 20-year-old Messi holding a baby Lamine Yamal during a 2007 charity photoshoot is an unbelievable twist of fate pic.twitter.com/5D4A4nM4ts
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