{"id":555425,"date":"2026-07-23T08:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/555425\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:41:07","slug":"lamine-yamal-reveals-what-lionel-messi-said-to-him-after-2026-world-cup-final-with-words-from-the-argentine-goat-meaning-as-much-to-barcelona-wonderkid-as-his-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/555425\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamine Yamal reveals what Lionel Messi said to him after 2026 World Cup final &#8211; with words from the Argentine GOAT meaning as much to Barcelona wonderkid as his \u2018gold medal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the competitive nature of the final and the physical demands of the tournament, Yamal\u2019s admiration for his predecessor remains unshaken. Yamal reiterated his stance on Messi&#8217;s place in the pantheon of footballing greats, ensuring that his celebration of Spain&#8217;s trophy did not overshadow his appreciation for the opponent he had just vanquished.<\/p>\n<p>For Yamal, the experience of facing Messi on the world\u2019s biggest stage was the culmination of a lifelong dream. &#8220;He&#8217;s someone I&#8217;ve always admired. At the end of the match, I showed him my respect,&#8221; the Barcelona starlet added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the competitive nature of the final and the physical demands of the tournament, Yamal\u2019s admiration for his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9877,85,46,15023,78591,2727,105,6866],"class_list":["post-555425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-argentina","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-l-messi","tag-l-yamal","tag-spain","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}