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LIONEL MESSI ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT!

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Barcelona Star Messi has announced that he has retired from international
football following Argentina’s penalty loss to Chile in the early hours of
Monday. The Barcelona star missed a penalty in the Copa America final shootout
in his 112th appearance for La Albiceleste and he has now stunned the
footballing world by announcing that he is quitting international football
after the Copa America final mishap.

“It’s tough, it’s not the time for analysis,” Messi said. “In the dressing
room I thought that this is the end for me with the national team, it’s not for
me. That’s the way I feel right now, it’s a huge sadness once again and I
missed the penalty that was so important. I tried so hard to be champion with
Argentina. But it didn’t happen. I couldn’t do it. It’s been four finals, I
tried. It was the thing I wanted the most, but I couldn’t get it, so I think
it’s over,” he said.
The Copa American final in New Jersey was the Barcelona star’s 112th
appearance for his country. Messi scored five goals in the tournament, but
blasted his penalty over the bar after the game finished 0-0 after 120 minutes.
Messi hangs up his international boots as Argentina’s all-time leading
goalscorer, having netted 55 times for his country, surpassing Gabriel
Batistuta last week. Despite winning everything there is to win in the club
game with Barcelona, he has not won a major international honour, expect for
the a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the Under-20 World Cup.
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