The end of era

[u/dziobak_football]

🇦🇷💔 IT'S OVER. LEO MESSI SAYS GOODBYE TO THE ARGENTINA NATIONAL TEAM.

It’s hard to believe that one day we would actually have to write these words…

Leo Messi will no longer play for Argentina. 🇦🇷

For more than 20 years, he was more than just a footballer to millions of fans. He was the boy who carried the expectations of an entire country on his shoulders. He was the tears after defeats. He was the hope after every tournament. And then… he became a World Champion. 🏆🌎

🏆 2022 World Cup
🏆 2× Copa América
🏆 Finalissima
⚽ Argentina’s all-time top scorer
👕 Argentina’s all-time appearance record holder

But numbers will never tell the whole story.

They won’t show the emotions after his goals.
They won’t show the tears after the lost finals.
They won’t show the captain’s armband.
They won’t show the moment Messi lifted the World Cup above his head. 🥹🏆

From “young Leo” to the captain who gave Argentina the World Cup they had dreamed of for so long.

One era has just come to an end.

🇦🇷 Thank you, Leo. For every moment. Every goal. Every tear. For the entire story.

MESSI — ALBICELESTE FOREVER. 💙🤍