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Di María, Paredes and De Paul Thank Messi After His International Retirement Announcement

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Ángel Di María, Leandro Paredes and Rodrigo de Paul thanked Lionel Messi after he announced his retirement from Argentina’s national team.
  • The players praised Messi’s performances, leadership and decision to represent Argentina during a career spanning more than 20 years.
  • Nicolás Tagliafico and Argentine club River Plate also joined tributes shared after the announcement.

Lionel Messi’s announcement that he will retire from Argentina’s national team prompted an immediate wave of tributes from teammates and Argentine football figures.

We will be grateful to you all our lives for being Argentine, for taking Argentina to the top of the world.

— Ángel Di MaríaDi María thanked Messi for his international career and his contribution to Argentina.

Ángel Di María, Messi’s international teammate for nearly 20 years, thanked him for choosing Argentina when he could have played for Spain. Di María said Argentines would remain grateful for Messi’s role in lifting the country to the top of world football and called him the greatest in history.

Leandro Paredes, who played alongside Messi and Di María in Argentina’s 2022 World Cup-winning squad in Qatar, also posted a tribute. He thanked Messi for everything and said he would always be the greatest of all.

For choosing to be Argentine when you could easily have chosen something else. Thank you, captain. Thank you for everything. The greatest in history.

— Ángel Di MaríaDi María praised Messi’s decision to represent Argentina.

Rodrigo de Paul, Messi’s teammate with both Argentina and Inter Miami, praised his former captain’s devotion to the country, resilience in difficult moments and leadership around the national team. De Paul also highlighted the personal attention Messi showed to players arriving at the training camp and to staff members.

Thank you for absolutely everything. You are and always will be the greatest of them all. We love you, captain.

— Leandro ParedesParedes paid tribute to Messi after the retirement announcement.

Nicolás Tagliafico was among the other Argentina players to pay tribute. River Plate also joined the response, publishing an image of a fan holding up Messi’s Argentina number 10 shirt at the club’s Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires.

Just thank you, the greatest in all of history. Thank you for making us so, so happy. You cannot imagine how many smiles you brought. You are eternal.

— Rodrigo de PaulDe Paul described Messi’s impact on teammates and Argentine supporters.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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