Lionel Messi expressed disbelief and described the situation as "crazy" upon realizing he would face Spain's Lamine Yamal, whom he held as a baby in a 2007 charity photoshoot. NFL star Tom Brady called the photo "very prophetic."

• Lamine Yamal, who inherited the number 10 shirt from Messi at Barcelona, is now 19 and could become the youngest player to win both the European Championships and the World Cup.
• Lionel Messi, the Argentina captain, acknowledged Yamal as "one of the best in the world" but vowed his team would "give it our all" to prevent Spain from winning.
• The "crazy" coincidence of both players now competing in the World Cup highlights a remarkable, almost prophetic, alignment of careers captured in a single photograph from 2007.