Catalonia shine for World Cup final as Barcelona players dominate for Spain wey defeat Argentina. Di canteranos from ‘La Masía’ show superiority for game and statistics. According to international website ‘Sofascore’, dem lead most individual stats for di match, confirming dem weight for di title of ‘La Roja’.
Pedri lead expected value of key passes (xA) with 0.47 and create more chances after give 4 key passes, reaffirming im status as one of di best midfielders for di world. Di young defender Pau Cubarsi touch ball 139 times and complete 121 passes, signing one of im best performances for a final. Lamine Yamal lead dribbles (5) and ground duels won (9), showing great personality despite im age.
To close, di portal throw irony: ‘If clubs fit win World Cup, we for know who be champion of 2026’, remembering clear dominance of Barcelona players for di final.
ATLANTA- Lamine Yamal, star of Spanish national team, fulfill im dream to face for World Cup final Leo Messi, im idol, almost 19 years after di iconic photo where di Argentine crack bathe di Spanish player, when im just get few months. Clear say after victory of Spanish talent and im team against Messi and Argentina, dem meet and take new photo.
‘Well, I don grow small and Leo too. I hope say I fit face Lionel Messi for final, since we no fit for Finalissima’, Lamine Yamal talk during interview with DAZN when dem show am di photo where Leo Messi, with long hair, dey wash a baby. A photo for a charity calendar of Barcelona Football Club for 2007. Di baby, of just few months, now be one of di stars of Spanish team, wey Messi go face for Sunday for Metlife for New Jersey/New York, and how di photo come about, di author Joan Monfort tell am two years ago for EFE agency.
Everything start with a post wey Mounir Nasraoui, father of Lamine Yamal, share for 2024 Instagram, where dem see a smiling baby dey enjoy foam bath for small tub with im mother, im wife Sheila Ebana, and a young Leo Messi. A image from 2007 wey dem include for a charity calendar. And from dat moment, di image go viral.
Messi and Lamine Yamal coincide for space and time almost nineteen years ago, but only di parents of di young Barça player know di info and no share am with anybody. Na a wink of chance or destiny, a touch of coincidence or luck wey make dem coincide for one image di big genius of football, with one wey promise to be am, one with intention to put final touch for im career for World Cups, di other dey search for im first star.
‘No money fit pay a photo like dat’, Joan Monfort (Barcelona, 1968), di author of di photo talk to EFE. ‘Besides I no know if I fit make am, nor if na something wey dem fit buy with money’. Monfort no know di identity of di baby. An old colleague from di newspaper Sport, wey promote di calendar, make am see di coincidence, di photo of ‘bath of di gods’.
‘Dem take photos for a charity calendar where all Barcelona players participate, for one of dem Messi participate, wey then no be di super known player wey im be now, a calendar with participation of UNICEF‘, im remember. Dem do a raffle for di popular neighborhood of Rocafonda (Mataró) dey look for babies for some photos.
‘Di coincidence unite dem, di photo fit be with another player, but na with Leo. Surely if di family of di baby fit choose, di photo for be with Ronaldinho, with Xavi or with Iniesta’, im insist. Im remember how im conceive di photo, wey no be studio. Di maroon background, di lights to illuminate di space, im want to limit di scene to get everything more or less controlled.
‘There is a moment wey Messi appear and meet a baby. Messi for be 20 years, di baby, 8 months. Surely na di first baby wey Leo ever hold for im arms and of course, di interaction between dem two be complicated’, im add. Messi turn 39 years during di World Cup. Lamine for July 13 celebrate 19, di number wey im wear for jersey and wey Messi debut for Barcelona. Sunday, dem both be rivals dey search for world title. Wetin a story!
