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Lionel Messi has been playing for the Argentina national team since 2005, is the 2022 world champion and winner of two America's Cups.
The Inter Miami and Lionel Messi striker scored in his last, 208th appearance for Argentina. ESPN reports this.
The match with the Benin national team took place on the field of the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. As the publication notes, this was the 126th goal for the blue and white. The captain of the national team scored a goal in the 71st minute. Nicolas Otamendi also scored in the 48th minute and Nico Paz in the 61st minute.
Messi has played for the national team since 2005. The footballer is the 2022 world champion and winner of two America's Cups.

Lionel Messi officially retired from international football in the Argentina-Benin friendly at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. The match ended in a 3:0 victory with the direct participation of Messi, who scored a goal and two assists. Before the game, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires, and afterward there was a touching ceremony with applause, tears and a musical concert in his honor.

Lionel Messi played his last match for the Argentina national team against Benin, which ended in a 3-0 victory, scoring a penalty goal and making two assists, after which a ceremony was held in his honor in Buenos Aires.

Lionel Messi played his last match for Argentina, beating Benin 3-0 in a friendly. He scored a penalty and made two assists. After the match, in his farewell speech, he dedicated his speech to his father, who died in August, and remembered the victory at the 2022 World Cup.

The Argentina national team defeated the Benin team with a score of 3:0 in a friendly match in Buenos Aires. Lionel Messi scored a penalty and provided two assists, retiring from his national team career after 208 appearances.

Lionel Messi scored from the penalty spot in the 71st minute in Argentina's friendly against Benin, his last for the national team. The goal was the 126th in his career for the national team. After the match, Messi announced his retirement from his international career; the decision was made on July 21.

The friendly match between the national teams of Argentina and Benin was stopped in the 10th minute with the score 0:0 in honor of captain Lionel Messi, who announced his retirement from the national team. An applause ceremony with fireworks took place at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, after which the game resumed.