“I’ve given it my all, I have nothing left to give.”
Lionel Messi retired from international football on Monday as Argentina’s all-time leading scorer and most-capped player. He captained them to World Cup glory at Qatar 2022 and to Copa America triumphs in 2021 and 2024.
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But the world was almost denied his most successful period in the famous blue and white shirt.
On Sunday, 26 June 2016, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Messi broke the hearts of a nation.
Just two days after his 29th birthday and soon after missing a penalty in Argentina’s Copa America final loss to Chile in a shootout, Messi decided he had seen enough.
After 113…
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