It has been a sad week for the world of football with two of the best players of the current generation deciding to retire from National duties in the space of a few days.
After Zlatan Ibrahimovic decided to call it quits with Sweden after being knocked out, the little magician Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international football after his team’s loss in the Copa America final against Chile on Sunday.
Though there are calls for him being selfish to leave his nation at the age of 29, Messi has already provided the national with plenty to remember and has been unlucky to not have won a trophy even after playing three consecutive finals including the recent one.
On the eve of the end of his career in a blue and white shirt, let’s take a look at 5 of his best moments with his national side: