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Say goodbye! Messi: I won t participate in the next World Cup, my physical condition decides to leave the time

1:37pm, 5 September 2025Football

In the 17th round of the just-concluded World Cup qualifiers, the Argentina team led by Messi swept Venezuela 3-0 and won a key victory at home with Messi's double score and Lautaro's goal. This game is also a very milestone and commemorative game for Messi. In an interview with the media after the game, Messi bluntly stated that this will be his last official game at home.

In the game, Messi first received a pass from Alvarez in the 39th minute, scoring a goal and helping Argentina score the first, and then created an opportunity to take the penalty in the 76th minute of the second half to help Lautaro score a header. Just 4 minutes later, Messi received a pass from his teammate Almada and scored a pass. He not only completed his second goal in this game, but also helped the team successfully kill the game. It can be said that this game is Messi's exhibition game. In his home court, Argentina's three goals were all related to Messi. He is the key to the team's victory in this game, which is why the official gave the highest score of 9 points after the game.

However, after the game, the news revealed by the media on Messi's interview also made many Messi fans feel uncomfortable. In the interview, Messi not only revealed that this will be his last game at home, but also said that he will not consider the next World Cup, which also means that Messi will likely gradually fade out of the football world and return to his family and his career after the end of the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup. Although, after watching this game, many fans believe that Messi still has the level and ability to challenge the next World Cup.

In addition, Messi also introduced his physical condition. He said that he had some problems with his physical condition this year. This year, he played too many games with the team, and the schedule was relatively dense, one game after another. So he was tired and took a few days off, but after his comeback, he said that he felt uncomfortable again, but fortunately he was able to play three consecutive games now. He revealed that he would pay attention to his physical condition, carefully feel the feedback given to him by his body, and then decide whether he would participate in the competition again. Finally, he said that it was obvious that today's game was the last game he fought for points.

Regarding the next goal, Messi said that he will judge his next game based on his physical condition. He hopes that he can help the club successfully complete this season's game and lead the team to win the league championship. As for the subsequent World Cup schedule, Messi said that he would decide based on his physical condition.

Finally, Messi expressed emotionally that he loved playing football and would never want him to end, but he realized it and said that time was approaching.

source:7m cn7

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