00:00That's it, we finally know the truth about the photo of Aminiamal and Messi in the bath.
00:03And originally, it wasn't supposed to be Messi in the photo, let me explain everything.
00:05We go back to December 2007, the Catalan sports newspapers and the FC Barcelona foundation
00:09organized an annual charity calendar to benefit UNICEF.
00:12To select the babies, UNICEF organized a lottery in working-class neighborhoods of Catalonia.
00:17where at the time lived the parents of Aminiamal, who were then 5 months old.
00:19And so, as for the baby story, Aminiamal was simply chosen at random.
00:23Then, photographer Juan Montfort, who took that famous picture, spoke out this week.
00:26and said that the organizers had to shoot an entire calendar in just 4 days,
00:29and that Messi was absolutely not the photographers' first choice for this pose.
00:32Indeed, he was only 20 years old.
00:33According to the photographer, Messi was extremely shy and reserved.
00:36and not at all comfortable with the idea of handling a baby he didn't know.
00:39And the organizers assigned the players to the families based on their availability at camp.
00:43Messi simply arrived at that time, and happened to cross paths with the Amal family.
00:46He also explains that while the parents could have chosen,
00:48They clearly wouldn't have signed Messi, who was completely unknown at the time.
00:50or rather a Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho or Eto'o.
00:52The photographer concludes by recounting that Messi entered the room,
00:55found himself facing a plastic basin with a baby inside,
00:57and that he was completely petrified,
00:58and that they even had to use the photographer's daughter's plastic duck
01:01to lighten the mood and make little Lamine smile.
01:03So let's continue with this anecdote and don't forget to subscribe!
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