Lamine Yamal To Clash With His Idol Lionel Messi In Finalissima 2025

Argentine football icon, Lionel Messi and Spain’s fast-rising youngster, Lamine Yamal will meet in a competitive match, Finalissima, in 2025 for the first time in their respective football careers.

Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal are two players on different edges of their respective football careers. Messi, who is currently 37-year-old is on the verge of retiring from the game, and Yamal, who is currently 17-year-old is just two years into professional football.

However, the two players have been mentioned in the same sentences severally especially in the last three weeks due to the form of Yamal at the just concluded Euro 2024.

Interestingly, most football enthusiasts, have been constantly comparing the two players, especially after a picture went viral showing Messi bathing Yamal. A few of the fans joked that the former FC Barcelona star had passed his football abilities to the Barca youngster.

Aside from the said picture and a picture of Yamal posing with Messi while the Spanish youngster was still at Barca’s academy, they have never met in a competitive game.

The fans don’t have to wait for too long for that to happen, as Argentina and Spain will meet in the Finalissima 2025.

The Finalissima is a one-match tournament between the winner of the European Championship (Euro 2024) and the winner of Copa America. Recall that Spain won Euro 2024 after beating England 2-1 in Germany on Sunday, July 14, with Lamine Yamal ending the tournament with the best young player award.

On the same day, Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 to win the 2024 Copa America for the second time in a row, with Lionel Messi ending the tournament with an injury.

Recall that Messi’s Argentina won the 2022 edition of the Finalissima, which was the first after a long break.

Before the Copa America and Euro 2024 final, Lamine Yamal told reporters how he is anticipating to face Lionel Messi in the Finalissima.

He said: “I hope Messi wins the Copa América and I win the Euros, so I can play against him in the Finalissima.”

At the time of writing, UEFA and CONMEBOL have not announced when and where the Finalissima 2025 will be held.