The viral Adidas ad featuring Messi and Lamine Yamal
As if it were a premonition, Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal share the screen in an Adidas promotion with the tagline "The Goat and The Kid," referencing the two football stars nurtured at La Masía.
After Lamine Yamal's wishes came true, with Messi winning the Copa América and the possibility of facing off in a potential Finalissima, this Adidas promo appears to recognize the Spanish teenager who has taken the world by storm with his excellent performance in EURO 2024. Of course, it also acknowledges the Argentine "10," who is widely recognized as the greatest football player of all time.
In the image, you can see the number 10 on "the bigger goat" and the number 19 on the smaller one, referencing the jerseys both players wear, promoting the new and iconic F50 boots. These boots were the favorites of the fastest players, a quality for which Lamine Yamal is renowned.
Will the expectations generated by Lamine Yamal be fulfilled? Will he become a worthy heir to the throne of world football? Only time and Yamal can answer these questions.