{"id":553315,"date":"2026-07-16T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553315\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:56:10","slug":"this-photo-of-lionel-messi-and-lamine-yamal-has-gone-viral-again-and-no-its-not-ai-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553315\/","title":{"rendered":"This photo of Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal has gone viral again (and no, it&#039;s not AI) &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNcndXRlR5c0U5WHV1S1dTUTZ1d0h5c0RPODQtdV8tZ3BMTlowS1BSaDdkZ29NVHZ0QnR3Q0lhZlNuS25KTXhRSHYxdnNzWlFjeVh0UE9ScmNDSTdnS3ZXeUNpV2tLN2dxZE9LR194aHdqTkxJQnR4UjVsNnY3djNsY1ltY0xkaHV2NC1UeU5aZkJrZzQ1YVRoNWhqbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This photo of Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal has gone viral again (and no, it&#8217;s not AI)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE9fcWgxcVlJXzJmYXN1M2xCNmpxbk9CZ1pyU0o3ek9RcmJCNEVIYTQ4aGs0dWRlR3F0TzlpSVRzTEtzNXFBdU5kNHNfMnZCN1g0T0ZRUzIzbUJLdEh2QVpLWnZPMGswYzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;A true miracle of destiny&#8217; &#8211; Messi and Lamine Yamal&#8217;s incredible first meeting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQS0V3aTNGeTRnQWVQOHJTakFpc1ozZVBfaVMyWDlPN3JDTTUzZ1ZWR2pWOGpfbERKeFlKM1BlLUIxUTU5TTRrTHo0ai00TERIVUF2VWtUNXFkV0N6SHBWbm1CU3JiaFFkbWxTTXF4X1JicXVIQi1lelV3V0YxR3pyVzJmeVdTN3pvVS1vRm1paF94Nm1Da2R2eWJIS1VHSHdlampUUVhPU0ZKa2VGczJ6NnFPUk9ZZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">When Messi met Yamal: The master and apprentice story of the World Cup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Euronews.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE45b2NVY0R1TURKZG9ENlRTakVZcmVva2I5R3ZmWWhzQW1WLW1jR2dNZm5XNExfYXB0QVM5SFBsOXNBcG9POXBJZy04OHp5Q2tlV0t6YU5kaV9WZW90UnZNX2tBT3JsYzYxeG9jYTBYQUhBeGM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lionel Messi Bathing a Baby Lamine Yamal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Kottke.org<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPdXNCajZ5RkJPaF93SkI1VzBGOENoc0pJeTNBaFVTd0FlSGhjdUtEU1JQYjRXZWJiczFFdlZTMnJpX2pkQ1F2SzROdU92U1BnZWdSa25BTHl0QWxTVzhVR0M1Sjg2aUhzTEJULTEybGlJLVBCNndxRjk5UEhJMnNid2FoSnFDZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why Lionel Messi bathed Lamine Yamal in viral baby photo 19 years ago<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This photo of Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal has gone viral again (and no, it&#8217;s not AI)&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal&#8216;A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3858,4096,15916,1128,61,60,4097,28776,3405,2846,112,4018,102024,234080],"class_list":["post-553315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-argentina","tag-barcelona","tag-destiny","tag-football","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lamine-yamal","tag-lionel-messi","tag-soccer","tag-spain","tag-sports","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026","tag-written-in-the-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}