The Argentine captain lived one night full of feelings in the Monumental: tears in the entry into heat, ovation of the public and the accompaniment of his family.
Lionel Messi He was excited in the entry in heat before playing his last official meeting on Argentine soil with the national team’s shirt. The Albiceleste Captain was seen On the verge of tears Before starting the meeting against Venezuela.
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Days before, the captain had anticipated what he felt in the prelude to the duel against Venezuela: “It will be special, a very special game for me because it is the last one of Qualifiers. I do not know if later there will be any friendly or more games, but it is a very special game and, therefore, my family, my wife, my children, my parents and my brothers, all those who can,” will accompany me. “he said.


Lionel Messi’s emotion in his last game in Argentina
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Lionel Messi, excited in his last official game in Argentina.
For several minutes the emotion dominated him, until he managed to focus on heating exercises. The images toured the world and moved fans, who turned to the networks to express what they felt. In X (Before Twitter), the user @Juanndis wrote: “No one prepared us for this moment we are living. No one taught us how to live without Lionel Andrés Messi. Look how excited it is. We are going as big as we have and that football had. That gave birth to him.”.
Other profiles replied the feeling. @Sudanalytics_ He pointed out: “Lionel Messi excited to go to the court. Ufff, very strong”, while @Ataquefutbolero He added: “Messi enduring the tears when he barely went on the court … destroys you.”
In the stands, Antonela Roccuzzo He followed every moment moved, like the thousands of fans who thanked him for so many conquests: the World Cup 2022two Américas Cupsthe Finalissimahe Cup Sub 20 of 2005 and the 2008 Olympic Gold Medal.
Later, the captain entered the playing field with his children Thiago, Mateo and Ciroand broke again during the anthem: he sang it halfway, dominated again by emotion.
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Lionel Messi, excited in the anthem with his children Thiago, Mateo and Ciro.
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