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Lionel Messi has confirmed he will play his last World Cup game when Argentina take on France or Morocco in Sunday’s final in Qatar.

Messi lead Argentina to a 3-0 win over Croatia in their semi-final on Tuesday and will earn his 172nd cap at the weekend when he tries to bring the country its first World Cup title since 1986.Messi lead Argentina to a 3-0 win over Croatia in their semi-final on Tuesday and will earn his 172nd cap at the weekend when he tries to bring the country its first World Cup title since 1986.

“I feel very happy, to be able to achieve this, to finish my World Cup journey by playing my last game in a final,” Messi told Argentine media outlet Diario Deportivo Ole. The 35-year-old is playing at his fifth World Cup, surpassing the four of Diego Maradona and Javier Mascherano.

 

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CR7 wht is he waitin, must quit leave é party b4 dress get unsmudged

This world Cup will a good farewell to Lionel Messi.

That's straight forward its not an announcement he wont be playing fir Argentina come 2026bhe is old

From 2004 to 2022. This man has been consistent for all these years. He is the greatest player to have ever lived on planet Earth.

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