Lionel Messi faces heir apparent Lamine Yamal in the World Cup final: The father-son symbolism could not be stronger as Argentina star comes up against a generation of players who idiolised him, writes OLIVER HOLT

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OLIVER HOLT IN NEW YORK CITY: In a way, we are all Messi's sons, those of us who love football, even those of us who are 20 years older than him.