Messi commented on the end of his career in the national team

Lionel Messi wrote a message after his farewell match with the Argentina national team, in which he thanked everyone involved for the path they had traveled and noted that he considered his decision to end his career in the national team to be correct.

In the last match for the Argentina national team against the Benin team, the Albiceleste won with a score of 3:0, Messi scored a goal from the penalty spot and made two assists.

Messi expressed gratitude to the clubs in which he played for respecting his feelings and the opportunity to devote himself to the national team, and also thanked God for his leadership and will.

MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. Eight-time Ballon d'Or winner and 2022 world champion Lionel Messi wrote a message after his farewell match with the Argentina national team, in which he thanked everyone involved for the path they had traveled, and also noted that he considered his decision to end his career in the national team to be correct.

On Wednesday night Moscow time, Messi played the last match of his career for the Argentina national team. The Albiceleste won a friendly match with the Benin team with a score of 3:0, Messi scored a goal from the penalty spot and made two assists.

"Yesterday was my last match and I already miss it. I know that I am making the right decision. It has been an incredible journey, full of joys and also some sorrows, but I know for sure that every step taken was worth it. Thanks to the clubs I played for for always respecting my feelings and allowing me to devote myself to my country when the time came to put on the national team shirt. And, of course, thank God: without his leadership and his will we would We didn’t even dream of getting to this place. I am a grateful person. I love you very much, I will miss you and will always thank you for being with us,” Messi wrote on Instagram*.

Messi is 39 years old, he is the top scorer in the history of the Spanish championship, Barcelona and the Argentina national team. The striker is also the only eight-time Ballon d'Or winner in history. Messi played 208 matches for the Argentina national team and scored 126 goals. Together with the national team, he won the America's Cup twice (2021, 2024), won the 2022 World Championship, twice won silver medals at the world championship (2014, 2026) and became the winner of the Finalissima (2022).