🚨 Breaking | Messi retires from Argentina: announcement and post

🚨 Breaking | Messi retires from Argentina: announcement and post What had been in the air for some time has now become official: Leo Messi is retiring from the Argentina national team. Watch the entire Serie BKT live with LaB Channel on OneFootball: subscribe for just €9.99 per month! The announcement comes from the legend himself, who posted a long, moving letter on his social media channels, which we reproduce below. 📝 Messi leaves the Argentina national team: the letter published on social media " After all this time since the final, and after thinking about it for a long time, I want to tell everyone that I am retiring from the national team... It was a decision that hurt me and continues to wound me deep in my soul, but I feel that this is the right moment. I swear I have always given everything, not only in these last few years when we won everything, but before that as well. I always fought and gave everything for this shirt, to bring you joy and make you feel proud to be Argentine through football. There isn’t much time left, and some chapters are coming to an end. This is one of the ones that hurts me the most to close. I love, have loved, and will always love being part of the national team. I gave everything I had, I have nothing left to give, and there are also extraordinary young players coming through who deserve their opportunity. Thank you for all the affection you have shown me over these 20 years. I will miss feeling your support from inside the stadium. From now on I will simply be one of you, always ready to cheer from the outside, in the good moments and especially in the difficult ones. Thank you to my family for always being there and for accompanying me on this wonderful, yet at the same time difficult, journey. Thank you to every coach, teammate, and executive with whom I had the chance to share this journey. I will carry unforgettable memories and moments with me. I leave at peace and proud, knowing that together with my teammates we managed to give you moments you could only dream of. It was crazy to experience all of this together with you. I love you! I thank God for making me Argentine. Come on, Argentina! P.S. I wrote these words on July 21, two days after the final. Today, after what happened to my father, I am even more convinced of this decision than before. 💙 Messi-Argentina, history has been written and will remain eternal With the Argentina national team he won one World Cup, two Copa Américas, one Finalissima, an Olympic gold medal, and one Under-20 World Cup . On an individual level, he amassed 207 appearances, scoring 125 goals and providing 68 assists, for a total of 193 goal contributions . And these are just some of the milestones he reached, in addition to an endless series of records that will link Messi’s name to that of the Argentina national team forever. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.