Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football with Argentina, saying he has reached the pojin88bet.onejin88bet.onejin88bet.oneint whejin88bet.onere he can no longer offer more to the national team.
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“After all this time since the final, and after thinking about it for a long time, I want to announce to everyone that I have decided to retire from playak168app.clubak168app.clubing for the national team,” Messi wrote.
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Messic88i said the Argentina squad had entered the final stages of his involvement and that the emergence of younger players had also influenced his decision.
“There is not much left, and the stages leading to the endic88 have begun. This is one of them, and it hurts me a lot,” he said.
“I love, loved and will always love being with thic88ic88ic88ic88e national team. I have exhausteic88d everything I had, and I no longer have anything more to give, alongside having a wonderful group of young players who deserve to have their opporic88tunity.”
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“Thank you to my family for always being by my side and for accompanying me on this incredibly beautiful journey, despite how difficult it was,” Messi saidlr88lr88lr88lr88.
“Thank you to every coach, team-mate and official with whom I had the chance to share this journey. I will carry with me unforgettabllr88lr88lr88lr88e memories and moments from all this time.”
Messi concluop88ded his statement by saying he was leaving with a sense of peace and pride after helping Argentina achieve moments they had long dreamed of.
“I leave feeling at peace and proud because, together with my team-mates, I gop88op88ave you moments that we had always dreamed of,” he wrote. “It was crazy to live through all of that with you. I love si88si88si88you!
si88“Thank God for making me Argentine. Long live Argentina!”
After finishing the statement, Messi addsi88si88ed a note explaining when he had originally written the words and why he was now even more certain about his decision.
“I wrote these words on 21 July, two days after the final,” he said. “Tod88v88vay, after what happened to my father88v, I am more convi88vnced of the dec88v88vision than ever.”
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