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07/20 18:58 CDT Topps to release a trading card of the photo of a young Messi
holding infant Lamine Yamal
Topps to release a trading card of the photo of a young Messi holding infant
Lamine Yamal
By The Associated Press
Topps is creating a trading card of what became a famous photo during the World
Cup of Argentina's Lionel Messi holding Spain's Lamine Yamal, the company said
Monday.
Messi, whom many consider soccer's greatest player, was photographed holding
Yamal, then an infant and now a 19-year-old rising star. The two met in
Sunday's final, with Yamal and Spain defeating Messi and Argentina 1-0.
That game was a potential changing of the guard with the 39-year-old Messi
perhaps playing in his final World Cup.
Playing for Barcelona at the time of the initial meeting with Yamal, Messi took
part in a fundraising drive for UNICEF and wound up holding the player who
could be the future face of the sport. Yamal has followed in Messi's footsteps
by becoming Barcelona's standout player.
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