{"data":{"prismicArticle":{"uid":"one-photo-two-football-icons","tags":["politics"],"first_publication_date":"2026-07-18T09:32:18+0000","last_publication_date":"2026-07-18T09:32:18+0000","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"One Photo, Two Football Icons"},"rating":null,"datetime":"2026-07-18T03:32:00+0000","img":{"url":"https://images.prismic.io/prad/MoSA_0P1kkVXbBW0_messicrazy.JPG?auto=format,compress&rect=0,0,2028,1000&w=2028&h=1000"},"embed":{"embed_url":null,"thumbnail_url":null,"author_url":null,"title":null},"content":{"raw":[{"text":"Nearly two decades ago, Lionel Messi helped bathe a five-month-old baby at a charity calendar photo shoot in Barcelona. On Sunday, that baby faces him in a World Cup final. "},{"text":"Argentina captain Messi reflected Friday on his unlikely first meeting with Spain forward Lamine Yamal, recalling the viral 2007 photo ahead of their first-ever meeting on a football pitch."},{"text":"\"Honestly, that photo of us is crazy, because, well, that's life, right? I was in that photo with him as a baby, and here we both are, playing in a World Cup final,\" Messi was quoted by Xinhua as saying."},{"text":"Messi, 39, was 20 and only beginning his career at Barcelona when the photo was taken. Yamal, 19, has since emerged as one of the club's brightest young stars."},{"text":"\"Lamine is a huge talent, someone I've followed a lot because he plays for a club I love, and I always wish him the best, I always want the best for him,\" Messi said."},{"text":"\"He's already a top player at 19 years of age, and he has his whole career ahead of him. He has a great opportunity to achieve something historic, which we'll try our hardest to make sure doesn't happen this time. I just want to wish him the best.\""},{"text":"Messi added that his admiration for Yamal extended beyond Sunday's match."},{"text":"\"It's crazy. He's one of the best in the world right now, no doubt about it,\" he said. \"And I wish him a lot of luck, because what's good for him will also be good for Barcelona.\""},{"text":"The photo resurfaced in 2024, when Yamal's father, Mounir Nasraoui, shared it publicly during that year's European Championship, in which Spain went on to beat England in the final."}]}}},"relatedArticles":{"edges":[{"node":{"uid":"brs-leaders-under-house-arrest","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"BRS leaders placed under 'house arrest'"},"img":{"url":"https://images.prismic.io/prad/00a05f49-ec50-40fd-b774-f037969b7383_house+arrest.JPG?auto=format,compress"},"datetime":"2026-07-18T17:15:00+0000"}}},{"node":{"uid":"blessings-over-steps-anna-at-tirupati","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"Blessings Over Steps: Anna at 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