GOATbye: Leo blows whistle on Messimerising international career
In Miami morning, late evening in India, Lionel Messi announced his retirement through an Instagram post, leaving the world feeling strangely empty. Messi, 39, revealed through three handwritten pages in Spanish that he is retiring from the national team, a decision he made two days after Argentina's 2022 World Cup final loss. His father, Jorge Messi, passed away on August 8 at the age of 68.
Messi, who led Argentina to the 2014 and 2026 World Cup finals, is the highest-scoring man in South American football history and has won the World Cup with his country.
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