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Messi farewell closes a long, hard-won love story with Argentina
When Lionel Messi makes his final appearance for Argentina on Tuesday, it will bring to an end a journey that began with the country’s football authorities not even knowing his name and evolved into one of the most enduring relationships in sporting history. The farewell against Benin at Buenos Aires’ Monumental stadium ends an international career spanning more than two decades, which began with Argentina scrambling to identify a teenage prodigy developing far from home. “He went through so many moments that they’re really very different eras. At first he suffered enormously with the nation...
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