Fans, president, Maradona want Messi to reconsider

The Argentina football legend missed a penalty shootout against Chile in the final of Copa America.

“Leo will not return to the national team, he’s reached a point where he has the impression that everything is his fault”, wrote journalist Cristina Cubero in El Mundo Deportivo.

“For me, the national team is over.” he told reporters. I hope he doesn’t step away from worldwide play as it seems he deserves the 2018 Fifa World Cup Final win more than anyone.

“Both last year and this year we ended up winning, but I think it speaks to the parity between both lineups, both teams and the mutual respect we have for each and surely it will go on that way”.

After the final, Argentine captain and star footballer Lionel Messi was devastated as he broke down in tears.

It was Argentina’s third consecutive defeat in a major final as their 23-year long wait for a silverware continued.

Argentine player, Sergio “Kun” Agüero said Messi was the person who was most devastated by his penalty kick miss saying, “That is the worst I have seen him in the dressing room”. I think the AFA is going to discuss it with him.

The company’s association with Messi is the first time ever that Tata Motor’s passenger vehicle business undertook an overall brand association campaign with a brand ambassador. These years were also a mute witness to Magical Messi’s rise as the next best player after Maradona and Pele. By comparison, Messi has won 28 titles with Barcelona. He added, “It’s very hard, but the decision is taken. Now I am leaving without having managed it”, Messi reportedly said. “I never feel greater pride in our team”.

“That’s it, I’ve already tried enough”, he told TyC.

While several people commented on Messi’s decision, all eyes were on Diego Maradona who until today (June 28) did not utter a word. But his only major worldwide honour is the 2008 Olympic gold, with Argentina now having lost three major finals in three years. “He must go on because he has it in him and will last for a long while, because he will reach Russian Federation in conditions to become world champion”, said the man who led the country to a World Cup title in 1986. He lost three Copa America finals (2007, 2015 and 2016) and was on the team eliminated at home in the 2011 quarterfinals of the South American competition. “It hurts me more than anyone, but it is evident that this is not for me”.