Con un nudo en la garganta, Argentina despedirá a su capitán Lionel Messi en un amistoso ante Benín este martes en un colmado estadio Monumental de Buenos Aires, dispuesto a ofrendarle una última ovac

Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi, one of the greatest players in the history of the game, will play his final game with the national team after he announced his decision to retire from international soccer last month.

LIONEL MESSI calls time on his international career with one last tango in the colours of Argentina. Boss Lionel Scaloni says the 85,000-capacity Monumental Stadium in  Buenos Aires could

Benin national team defender Mohamed Tijani joked about the opportunity to face Lionel Messi in his farewell match for Argentina.Interviewed this Monday (5) while strolling through Buenos Aires, he

On Tuesday, Messi will take his final bow for Argentina, and an era that began before his youngest teammates were born comes to an end

On Tuesday he will play his final match for la Albiceleste in a friendly against Benin. At the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, around 85,000 fans will bid farewell not just to a footballer, but to perhaps Argentina’s most recognisable icon.

Lionel Messi has put together one of the greatest careers of any player in soccer history, first by compiling a haul of trophies at the club level before collecting international silverware as his career continued.

Few bonds in football run deeper than the one between Messi and Argentina, and his record-breaking numbers prove it. No one has ever played more matches for the Albiceleste (207),