00:00This is how the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires bid farewell to Lionel Messi.
00:03The match that the Argentine national team played this Tuesday, October 6, was not just another game.
00:07It was the last dance of the footballer who forever changed the history of the Argentine national team.
00:1121 years old, 208 games, almost 130 goals and surpassed the 70 assists mark.
00:18Messi said goodbye to a stadium that paid tribute to him and almost trembled from the ovation he received.
00:23their great legends.
00:24Messi arrived tonight as the player with the most appearances and the top scorer for the Albiceleste.
00:28However, his history with Argentina was far from perfect.
00:33He made his debut in 2005 against Hungary and was sent off just inside the pitch.
00:36Then came the defeats.
00:38It lost the finals of the Copa America in 2007, 2015 and 2016 and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
00:44In 2016 he even said enough was enough and resigned from the national team.
00:48However, the goodbye only lasted 66 days.
00:51The Argentine star returned, persisted, and that ended up changing everything.
00:55In 2021 he lifted the Copa América trophy at the Maracanã.
00:57In 2022 he won the final and months later he reached the ultimate glory, becoming world champion in Qatar.
01:03There was still another Copa América to come, the 2024 one which they won against Colombia, and one last World Cup in 2026.
01:09the one where Argentina reached the final again.
01:11After that last tango came tonight, the final night.
01:14Against Benin at the Monumental, Messi wore for the last time the shirt he wore for more than two decades.
01:20Argentina didn't just say goodbye to its number 10, it said goodbye to an era, to the boy who left for Barcelona.
01:25to the captain who was questioned for years and to the champion who ended up lifting the World Cup.
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