Messi retires from international football after falling to Chile 4-2 on penalties at the Copa America finals.
"It's tough, it's not the time for analysis," he was quoted as saying on the Argentine national team's Twitter feed. "In the dressing room I thought that the national team was over, it's not for me."
"It's been four finals, it's not meant for me. I tried. It was the thing I wanted the most, but I couldn't get it, so I think it's over."
The 29-year-old retires having scored 55 goals in 113 appearances for Argentina. He set a new record at the Copa America by surpassing Gabriel Batistuta's 54 goals in the semi final against USA.
Messi missed his penalty kick for Argentina after Chilean Arturo Vidal also missed from the spot.
Apparently, messi's last action for the Argentina team was to disappointingly blast his spot kick to the crowd.
Messi however, might not be the only one to quit the international stage of Argentina.
Aguero: others could follow.
"Messi probably won't be the only player to leave the national team," said Aguero. "There are various players who are considering quitting. This is the worst I've seen the dressing room. Worse than after the other two finals [the 2014 World Cup and 2015 Copa America]."
Already there have been speculation that Javier mascherano is prepared to hang up his boot.
The tournament was played in the U.S. for the first time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the inaugural competition and expanded to include six teams from North and Central America along with the 10 from South America.
"It's tough, it's not the time for analysis," he was quoted as saying on the Argentine national team's Twitter feed. "In the dressing room I thought that the national team was over, it's not for me."
"It's been four finals, it's not meant for me. I tried. It was the thing I wanted the most, but I couldn't get it, so I think it's over."
The 29-year-old retires having scored 55 goals in 113 appearances for Argentina. He set a new record at the Copa America by surpassing Gabriel Batistuta's 54 goals in the semi final against USA.
Messi missed his penalty kick for Argentina after Chilean Arturo Vidal also missed from the spot.
Apparently, messi's last action for the Argentina team was to disappointingly blast his spot kick to the crowd.
Messi however, might not be the only one to quit the international stage of Argentina.
Aguero: others could follow.
"Messi probably won't be the only player to leave the national team," said Aguero. "There are various players who are considering quitting. This is the worst I've seen the dressing room. Worse than after the other two finals [the 2014 World Cup and 2015 Copa America]."
Already there have been speculation that Javier mascherano is prepared to hang up his boot.
The tournament was played in the U.S. for the first time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the inaugural competition and expanded to include six teams from North and Central America along with the 10 from South America.
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