Messi announces retirement from Argentina national team: “I gave everything, and I have nothing left to give”
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- Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from the Argentina national team after a career spanning more than two decades.
- He said he wrote the announcement on July 21, two days after the 2026 World Cup final.
- Messi said events involving his father had made him “more convinced than before” about the decision.
Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from Argentina’s national team after more than two decades with the Albiceleste. The captain said he wrote the statement on July 21, two days after the 2026 World Cup final.
I gave everything, and I have nothing left to give.
Messi said what happened to his father had left him “more convinced than before” that he should step away. He described the decision by saying, “I gave everything, and I have nothing left to give.”
More convinced than before.
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Originally published by El Deber 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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