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🗞️ The front pages: Messi bids farewell and Lamine Yamal's reign begins

Tuesday's front pages are all about celebrations: one is about to end, while the other has only just begun. Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal take centre stage....

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Tuesday's front pages are all about celebrations: one is about to end, while the other has only just begun. Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal take centre stage.

Messi plays his final match for Argentina tonight (01:00) against Benin, and Olé turns it into a collective outpouring of tears with "Time to cry, my love".

Spain visit a Croatia side still hurting from their 7-0 defeat to England, and Marca , Sport and Mundo Deportivo are banking on Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí to lead the way into the quarter-finals.

Mundo Deportivo, meanwhile, leads today with Deco's efforts to tie down Barcelona's key players. Next in line for new contracts are Raphinha, Bernal and Espart.

The neighbouring national teams have already done their part: France turned a 1-0 deficit against Belgium into a 4-1 lead in fourteen minutes, with Olise scoring twice, while Italy dispatched Turkey 3-1 with goals from Scamacca, Calafiori and Pio Esposito.

In England, the Daily Star has Kane one appearance away from matching Peter Shilton's 125 caps, while Tuchel holds him up as a role model.

In Portugal, the action is also unfolding off the pitch. O Jogo reports that the relationship between Cristiano and Jorge Jesus has broken down.

And we finish with Estadio Deportivo and Superdeporte, featuring Ceballos, who would trade a Madrid trophy for one with Betis, and Gayà receiving tributes in Valencia.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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