1. He is the world champion in his first World Cup. 🏆🌍
2. A 5-month-old baby was bathed by Messi in a UNICEF photo in 2007. Nineteen years later, that same boy beat his idol in the World Cup final.
3. He wore the number 19 shirt, the same one Messi wore in his first World Cup. 🐐➡️👑
4. Lamine Yamal is only 19 years old and has already collected what other footballers do not even dream of: world champion and European champion.
5. He became European champion one day after turning 17.
6. It was the youngest goal in European Championship history, with a left-footed strike from outside the box against France. Along the way, he broke a record Pelé had held since 1958.
7. And it is not just precocity: this season he has 16 goals and 11 assists in 28 matches, finished runner-up for the 2025 Ballon d’Or, and is already the big favorite for the next one.
Will he become the best player in the world? 🌍