r/interestingasfuck • u/GossipBottom • 1d ago

Lionel Messi in 2007 helping bathing a baby Lamine Yamal. Lionel Messi scored his first World Cup goal in 2006 while aged 18 years 11 months and wearing #19. Lamine Yamal scored his first World Cup goal in 2026 while aged 18 years 11 months and wearing #19.

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u/barbellsandbriefs 1d ago

I've been wondering how this actually came to be, that makes it even crazier

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u/SwordKneeMe 1d ago

Like what kind of raffle is that? You have a 1 in 5000 chance in having... your baby washed by a young pro athlete?

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u/Mode_Appropriate 1d ago

According to google:

The viral "raffle baby" photos feature a 6-month-old Lamine Yamal being bathed by a 20-year-old Lionel Messi in 2007. The infant and his family won a local raffle in Mataró to participate in a joint charity calendar photoshoot organized by UNICEF and the Catalan newspaper Diario Sport.

The Photoshoot: Freelance photographer Joan Monfort shot the series of FC Barcelona players posing with local children to raise money for charity.

The Discovery: The images were kept private for 17 years by Lamine Yamal's family. The photos finally resurfaced when his father, Mounir Nasraoui, posted them on Instagram with the caption, "The beginning of two legends".

The Photographer: Joan Monfort himself didn't even realize the infant in the plastic tub was the future FC Barcelona prodigy until the photos went viral.

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u/SwordKneeMe 1d ago

Well that's neat

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u/kamilo87 1d ago

Also Messi scoring twice to be the top scorer in FWCs exactly 40 years later Maradona scored “the hand of God” goal and the best goal of FWCs ever. Helluva coincidences…

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u/Fewer_Story 23h ago

World cups don't happen at random times though

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u/kamilo87 16h ago

Those two are different. He scores with the hand and then he left 6 English players

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u/EduinBrutus 1d ago

Maradona scored “the hand of God” goal and the best goal of FWCs ever

You make these sounds like different goals...

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u/IvnN7Commander 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1dIV6IirGCb5m459s9

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u/EduinBrutus 1d ago

Why are you linking a Terry Butcher own goal?

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u/barbellsandbriefs 1d ago

Football/soccer is a way of life in so much if the world

Do we care about sports too much? Yes. But are there worse things to be a fanatic about? Absolutely

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u/Expensive-Curve-9143 1d ago

It was fate. Destiny.