The incident occurred shortly after Inter Milan's Champions League semifinal win against Barcelona. Thuram had been seen comforting Yamal on the field at the end of the game.
Before the match, Yamal had posted on social media that he was "on a mission". Thuram responded with a post of his own, using the same phrase and adding two crying emojis. The post was later deleted and replaced with a new caption that read "Greatness recognises greatness".
