GOD’S WILL? DESTINY? LIONEL MESSI, LAMINE YAMAL, THAT PHOTO AND THE WORLD CUP FINAL
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The boy in the baby bath has unbelievably become the successor to Messi at Barcelona and now, maybe, on the world stage too “Maybe Lionel Messi has picked up lots of babies, maybe it’s chance, but for those of us who… “In life, everything happens for a reason.
Sometimes it’s true that the circle isn’t closed, but in my view there’s something else, something … I don’t know, mystical, spiritual.” Contemplate the scene, gaze upon the image of this World Cup, and you may be… How else to comprehend this? You will have seen the picture and will certainly see it again, and still it won’t make sense.
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- Sport | The Guardian: The boy in the baby bath has unbelievably become the successor to Messi at Barcelona and now, maybe, on the world stage too “Maybe Lionel Messi has picked up lots of babies, maybe it’s chance, but for those of us who…
- Sport | The Guardian: Sometimes it’s true that the circle isn’t closed, but in my view there’s something else, something … I don’t know, mystical, spiritual.” Contemplate the scene, gaze upon the image of this World Cup, and you may be…
- Sport | The Guardian: You will have seen the picture and will certainly see it again, and still it won’t make sense.
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- Topic: SPORT — the feed headline centres on WILL, DESTINY, LIONEL, MESSI, LAMINE.
- Original feed: Sport | The Guardian.
- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 20:00 UK.
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