🚨🌕 Lionel Messi will not be presenting a trophy to any of the winners at the Ballon d’Or, as he has not been invited to do so. Also Messi’s attendance at the Ballon d’Or gala has not yet been confirmed.

🇦🇷🇺🇸 Lionel Messi, back to training with Inter Miami after Argentina farewell.

🏟️🔐 Lionel Messi retires from Argentina national team with zero defeats at @RiverPlate’s Monumentál stadium. 29 games, 23 wins, 6 draws, 0 defeats.

🩵🤍 Lionel Messi statement. “Yesterday was my final match, and I already miss wearing the sky blue and white. I know I’m making the right decision. It’s been an incredible journey, full of joy and also some sadness, but I know that every step I took was worth it. "There were still so many things I wanted to say. It’s impossible for me to express everything I feel in just a few words or in one post. This journey would have been impossible without my family, who were always by my side and supported me, especially during the difficult moments when I needed them most. 🙏 "My friends were also essential, as were all the teammates and coaches I had, along with their coaching staffs. I don’t want to forget Diego, who put our country where it deserved to be and who, as I always say, I know helped us by being there with us, also from heaven, every step of the way. "Thank you to all the clubs I played for, for always respecting my feelings and allowing me to dedicate myself to my country whenever it was time to put on the National Team shirt. And, of course, thanks to God: without His guidance and His will, we wouldn’t even be dreaming of having made it this far. "I’m grateful. I love you all very much, I’m going to miss you, and I’ll always thank you for being by our side, by my side”.

🇦🇷 Lionel Scaloni: “We will now build with new talents, new young players, we will look at new ways… but I have never seen such aura like Lionel Messi has”. “We will start a new chapter, but what Leo trasmits, that’s impossible to replace”.

🩵🤍 Lionel Messi: “I’d have loved to be here with Argentina forever, until the end of my life… but it’s time to retire”. “After the last World Cup, it’s time to say goodbye. Thanks because representing Argentina is the best thing ever”.