Lionel Messi bids farewell to the Argentina national team

According to Le Parisien and L'Équipe, Lionel Messi has said goodbye to the Argentina national team, hailing it as the most beautiful thing of his life.

Lionel Messi, joueur de football

Photo: Michael Bryan from Brussels, UK/Belgium — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (new window)

Lionel Messi has bid farewell to the Argentina national team, reports Le Parisien. The forward said the national team has been "the most beautiful thing that could have happened to me," according to the daily.

L'Équipe echoes the same speech, headlining his words: "The most beautiful thing of my life." Both media outlets mention the emotion sparked by this announcement in Argentina, where supporters have wept, Le Parisien notes.

Sources

  1. Le Parisien« La sélection a été la plus belle chose qui puisse m’arriver » : Lionel Messi a dit adieu et l’Argentine a pleuré (new window)leparisien.fr
  2. L’ÉquipeLe discours d'adieu de Lionel Messi à la sélection argentine : « La plus belle chose de ma vie » (new window)lequipe.fr