Lionel Messi is ready to dress up for the last time with the Albiceleste. Having announced his withdrawal from the international pitches, Rosario’s star surprised everyone when he headed the calling list for a series of friendly matches in September and October that will serve as the final tribute and official farewell to the eternal ten of the three-time world champion squad.
The Argentine Football Association armed this plan so that the football team could pay tribute to the genius that gave them eternal glory, closing an impeccable cycle of more than twenty years defending that playground and allowing it to play the 2006 World Cup in Germany, South Africa, 2010, Brazil 2014, Russia 2018, Qatar 2022 and the United States, Mexico and Canada 2026.
Lionel Messi has been named in Argentina's squad for the upcoming international break.One last farewell match ? pic.twitter.com/QRvaWXz4Ub
The Last Dance of the Pulp
The first commitment of this farewell tour will be against Bolivia on September 30, with the stage at Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium in Córdoba. This match will also represent the return to activity for those led by Lionel Scaloni, who will return to tread the grass after the painful defeat of one by zero against Spain in the final of the 2026 World Cup.
After that match, the team will return to Buenos Aires to play two more games at the River Plate Monumental: on October 3 they will see the faces against Burkina Faso and on the sixth of the same month they will close the cartel against Benin.
MESSI IS INVITED TO A Farewell TO THE MONUMENTAL!!?October 6th against Benin ????? In addition, all the 2022 world champions are invited alongside their families pic.twitter.com/b6bKUKpGCv
Standing accounts and a half-stage
Messi’s farewell in the capital will not be exempt from complications, as the duel against Burkina Faso will have to be played with the capacity reduced to fifty percent. This measure responds to a strong punishment imposed by FIFA on the Argentine footballer after his players showed a political cut-off after defeating England in the semi-final of the last World Cup.
If it were little, these commitments have a double purpose for the technical body, since the directive seeks at all costs that the FIFA catalog them as official duels of Class A. If achieved, these matches will serve for several key footballers to start cleaning their severe suspension after the monumental bronze that was armed at the end of the World Cup final, where players like Leandro Paredes and Nahuel Molina were highly punished with several games of inactivity.
Lionel Messi has been INCLUDED into Argentina squad list for his last dance before international retirement. pic.twitter.com/2J6LPn6kuS
With this scenario, the international basketball team is preparing to witness the last flashes of Messi with his selection, in what promises to be a close of history with tints of pure nostalgia for world football.
