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What is the connection between Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal?

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Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal share multiple connections. They are both left-footed football players who operate predominantly on the right wing. Both players scored their first goals for FC Barcelona against Real Madrid while wearing a number 19 jersey. Ahead of the 2025–26 season, FC Barcelona announced that Yamal would wear the iconic number 10 jersey, which Messi had also worn during his tenure at the club. In 2007 a six-month-old Yamal and Messi were featured in a UNICEF photo shoot together.