{"id":92745,"date":"2025-09-05T07:41:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92745"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:41:50","slug":"messi-breaks-down-in-tears-in-possible-farewell-match-for-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92745","title":{"rendered":"Messi breaks down in tears in possible \u2018farewell\u2019 match for Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 37 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Lionel Messi broke down in tears as he brought his family out before Argentina\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Venezuela on Thursday (4 September), in what was the 38-year old\u2019s last game on Argentine soil. <\/p>\n<p>Messi later scored a brace to help Argentina to a comfortable 3-0 victory, with the Albiceleste having already booked qualification for next year\u2019s global showpiece in the USA, Canada and Mexico. <\/p>\n<p>After the victory, the former Barcelona man finally confirmed that it was his final game in Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Copa America winner, Messi, was given a fitting tribute by the local Argentine before the match as 80,000 fans gave him a standing ovation and cheered his name. They also hoisted a huge banner in his honour.<\/p>\n<p>The outpouring of love from the fans made Messi extremely emotional as he was getting ready to take the pitch for the Argentina team. He was seen shedding tears on the camera as fans cheered for him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don\u2019t want to know how I will handle in his very last game because I am in tears now for his last Argentina home game. I keep having flashbacks to 2006 when I first saw his Argentina debut at the World Cup\u2026\ud83e\udd79<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u8ccVJmc6S\">pic.twitter.com\/u8ccVJmc6S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Messi Fanatic (@MessiFanatic_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MessiFanatic_\/status\/1963745951815757997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"messi-remains-coy-on-2026-world-cup-participation\"><strong>Messi remains coy on 2026 World Cup participation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After the match, Messi was asked about whether he would be playing in the 2026 World Cup. 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Messi later scored a brace to help Argentina to a comfortable 3-0 victory, with the Albiceleste having already [\u2026]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7951,137,7952,10,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-argentina","category-football","category-lionel-messi","category-politics","category-popular","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}