Following a 2-1 victory over England, defending champions Argentina secured their place in the World Cup final against European champions Spain, setting up a generational matchup between Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal. Although Sunday's final in New Jersey marks the first time the 39-year-old Argentina veteran and the 19-year-old Spain winger will play against each other, it is not their first actual meeting. The duo's history dates back nearly two decades, when a 20-year-old Messi first crossed paths with an infant Yamal during a promotional charity photo shoot in Barcelona. In late 2007, a charity raffle organized by the Spanish sports newspaper Diario Sport and the United Nations Children's Fund, known as UNICEF, Yamals family earned a spot in a promotional photo shoot with a young Lionel Messi. The raffle offered local families in Catalonia the opportunity to participate in a promotional calendar photo shoot with professional football players from FC Barcelona. The family of Lamine Yamal, who was only six months old at the time, won one of the raffle slots. The resulting photo session took place inside the Camp Nou stadium dressing room. A twenty-year-old Lionel Messi, who was then establishing himself as a key player for Barcelona, was paired with the infant Lamine Yamal. The photo shoot included Messi holding Yamal in a blue plastic baby bathtub. At the time of the shoot, the participants had no connection other than the raffle, and the images were archived after publication in the 2008 charity calendar. A photo from the shoot went viral after it was posted on Instagram by Yamal's father, Mounir Nasraoui, along with the caption: "The beginning of two legends" following the 2024 Euros. Almost 20 years after that photo shoot, the baby from the photo and the legend himself are destined to face off on the international stage. The connection between the two athletes extends beyond their shared history at Barcelona and will now reach the biggest stage in the sport, the World Cup Final.

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Gary Lineker has described Englands tactics against Lionel Messi and Argentina as unfathomable as Thomas Tuchels side let a 1-0 lead slip in the World Cup semi-final.Englands hopes of lifting the World Cup were ended by a 2-1 defeat in Atlanta as Messi produced two late assists to turn the encounter his sides way.The defending champions again showed their tournament spirit to reach the final against Spain on Sunday, though were perhaps helped out by Englands defensive changes after Anthony Gordon had put them in front.Lionel Messi created Argentina's two late goals as England were beaten in Atlanta (Getty)Tuchel introduced three defenders as substitutes during the second half, allowing Argentina to take control of the contest. They had twice struck the woodwork before Enzo Fernandez fired home from 25 yards to equalise, while Messis pinpoint cross was then converted by Lautaro Martinez in stoppage time.Former England striker Lineker was left baffled by tactics that appeared to play into the Argentina captains hands.I found it absolutely unfathomable that, if your tactic is to sit everyone deep, you do that against the greatest player ever to play football, Lineker said on The Rest Is Football in reference to Messi. I think hes just cementing that game after game after game. Most goals in the World Cup, most assists in the World Cup. And he moves to the right, yeah, and you play a back five, and you still dont go and get tight to him. Just put someone on him. He had so much space. He just whipped ball after ball after ball into the box.Tuchel is thought to retain the backing of the Football Association (FA), with the England manager contracted through Euro 2028.The manner of his sides defeat has led to heavy criticism, though, and Micah Richards feels that the coach had a bad day.Today he got it wrong, Richards suggested. And he has to accept that. They were too deep. As soon as we scored that goal, we had no outlet. Were looking at Kane, were looking for energy, Kane was absolutely knackered in the game. It was crying out for Ollie Watkins, someone who could run in behind, get us up the pitch. This one is on the manager.

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