The soccer legend scored the game's final goal from the penalty box and then delivered an emotional speech after the game to over 85,000 in attendance.
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Messi scored a goal and created two others as Argentina bid farewell to its most decorated footballer with a 3-0 win.
Messi signed off with a goal against Benin as he brought the curtain down on his international career ...
His international career includes 126 goals, 208 caps, 21 years of play, a World Cup lifted in 2022 and two Copa America titles.
Lionel Messi turns his official farewell match for Argentina into a gala performance, scoring one last time.
BUENOS AIRES (AP) -- Lionel Messi played his final match for Argentina before a packed Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, a friendly against Benin bringing his international career to a ...
Lionel Messi played his final game for Argentina in a friendly against Benin, ending a 21-year international career.
Argentina is confronting a once-unimaginable reality: a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi.
One of the game's best-ever players closed his international career with a penalty, two assists, and a tearful speech ...
After Messi's international finale, there was a long tribute to his sensational career, with a drone show playing out his time with the national team and a subsequent musical performance before Messi gave a speech on the pitch.