Argentina vs Spain World Cup Final: The Stadium They Rebuilt

In 2007, at a charity calendar shoot for UNICEF, a shy 20-year-old Lionel Messi was handed a six-month-old baby to bathe. The family had won a raffle. The baby was Lamine Yamal. On 19 July 2026, nineteen years later, they meet in the World Cup final: Argentina against Spain. Messi is 39, chasing a second World Cup, and has just broken the all-time World Cup goalscoring record with 21 goals across six tournaments. Yamal turned 19 six days before the final, and has started 12 games across this Wo