Pele urges Messi not to quit Argentina

“Brazil played badly in the Copa America this year, with wrong plans and [player] choices”, he said.

Argentina’s players meanwhile were left disconsolate as they digested a third defeat in a major final following losses to Germany in the 2014 World Cup and Chile in last year’s Copa.

Carlos Tevez has defended Lionel Messi’s decision to retire from global football and believes a lack of organisation at the Argentine Football Association is partly to blame for him quitting the national team.

The FC crew discuss whether Lionel Messi’s worldwide retirement harms his chances of being called the greatest ever. However, once again, the team lost to Chile in the penalties. “Leo sees the players breaking their backs for the shirt and sees the AFA neglecting them”.

‘We have to give him time. “I have a lot of faith in him”, d’Andrea told FM Pop. “It is obvious that we need him”, Tevez, who has played 76 times for Argentina, said. Now he thinks is the right time to say goodbye to worldwide football. “The last 15 years, for me, he was one of the best players in the world and this is more important”. Messi commented on the federation’s problems during Copa America Centenario, with other players also complaining about flight, hotel and generation accommodation problems.

Well, let’s see. If Messi doesn’t listen to Diego Maradona’s advice, maybe he’ll listen to Richie’s.