Lionel Messi presents the World Cup to the public of the Monumental of Buenos Aires.
Photo: EFE – Juan Ignacio Roncoroni
It is the first chapter of the last novel: Lionel Messi's goodbye. A couple of weeks ago, when the Argentine star said he would play his last official game in Buenos Aires, many understood that, now, the end of the road begins to narrow. “The party with Venezuela is very special to me because it will be the last one by qualifiers,” said 10. The phrase was not only an intimate confession, but also a collective sentence: Argentines know that they will attend a farewell that, although expected, hurts as if it were premature.
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