Teammates from past and present as well as Messi’s family members have come up with tear-jerking responses to his seismic decision.

Lionel Messi announced on Monday his retirement from the Argentine national team at the age of 39, in a handwritten letter posted on his social media accounts, 43 days after the…

For more than two decades, Messi was not simply Argentina’s best player. He became the central figure of the national team’s identity.

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