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Lionel Messi will bid farewell to the Argentine national team with a match in Buenos Aires: “The last tango of the world's best player”

The Argentine Football Association confirms that the star will play a friendly match with the Benin national team on October 6.

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Lionel Messi will bid farewell to the Argentine national team with a match in Buenos Aires: “The last tango of the world's best player”

Lionel Messi will play his last match with the Argentina national team on October 6. The match, which is a friendly game, will take place in Buenos Aires against Benin. Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), referred to the match as "the last tango of the best player in the world".

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