Lionel Messi retires from Argentina’s national team
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- Lionel Messi announced his retirement from Argentina’s national team 43 days after Argentina lost the World Cup final to Spain 1-0 after extra time.
- The 39-year-old made the announcement on Instagram and said the decision “hurt and continues to hurt in my soul.”
- The story remains subject to updates.
Lionel Messi has ended his career with Argentina’s national team, announcing the decision 43 days after the team’s 1-0 extra-time defeat by Spain in the World Cup final.
The 39-year-old made the announcement on Instagram. He wrote that the decision “hurt and continues to hurt in my soul,” but added that he understood the time had come.
Messi said he had written the emotional post on July 21, two days after the final in East Rutherford. The announcement came just over a month after Argentina’s defeat.
It hurt and continues to hurt in my soul, but I understand that now is the time.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. 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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