One last goal. One last roar. One last Messi
There are football nights that evaporate before the next morning. Nights like this belong to history.Lionel Messi walked onto the pitch at the Monumental for the final time in an Argentina shirt, and somehow, fittingly, he left the stage with a goal.At 39, in his 208th and final international appearance, Messi converted a second-half penalty to score his 126th goal for Argentina, adding the final chapter to a national-team career that has lasted more than two decades.##TWITTER_
😢 La emoción de Thiago Messi tras el retiro de su padre de la Selección Argentina. https://t.co/JYBoZNh00r
— TyC Sports (@TyCSports) October 7, 2026
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