Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal Iconic Bath Photo to Become 1-of-1 Trading Card After World Cup
Bleacher Report • • sports
Key Points:
- Topps announced it will create a one-of-one trading card featuring a 2007 photo of Lionel Messi holding a baby Lamine Yamal, available later this year in Topps Stadium Club UCC.
- The photo was taken during a UNICEF fundraising photoshoot when Messi was a Barcelona star and Yamal was an infant.
- Lamine Yamal, now 19, plays for Barcelona, the club Messi led from 2004 to 2021, and recently faced Messi in the World Cup Final.
- On Sunday, Yamal's Spain defeated Messi's Argentina in what is likely Messi's final World Cup match.
- Messi reflected on the photo, highlighting the remarkable journey from that moment to facing each other on the world stage.
