00:02Argentina star Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football.
00:07In a post on Instagram, the Inter Miami forward, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest
00:13footballers of all time, said it was a decision that hurt, but that he knew it was the right
00:18time to stand down from the national side. The decision comes shortly after the death
00:24of his father, Jorge Messi, which prompted the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain player
00:30to consider his future. Messi, who will continue to play at club level with Inter Miami in Major
00:36League Soccer, played in a record-tying six World Cups, helping his country towards a win
00:42four years ago in a tournament he dominated in Qatar. Messi played 207 games for Argentina
00:49and finishes as its all-time leading scorer with 125 goals, 21 of them in World Cups.
