\u2018Dibu\u2019 Mart\u00ednez questions his continuity in the Argentine national team after the defeat against Spain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe star landed around 6:30 local time (9:30 GMT) coming from Miami, United States, at the Rosario International Airport (Santa Fe province) and traveled in a dark-tinted SUV the few kilometers that separate that town from Fisherton, where his family has a residence in an exclusive neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vacation before returning to training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to local media, Messi will stay there for the next few days with his family for a vacation before having to return to join training for Inter Miami, his team in the American soccer league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The captain of the Argentine national team did not return on the same flight that transported a large part of the squad and the delegation from New York to Buenos Aires on Monday afternoon, who were received by an exultant crowd around the Ezeiza international airport, which accompanied them to the nearby Argentine Football Association (AFA) training complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The pain is very great and it will be hard for this wound to heal,” the 39-year-old footballer expressed on Instagram on Monday, who broke down in tears this Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey after the Argentine defeat in extra time of the final against Spain (1-0).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, he urged to “keep all the good things”: “With the matches we turned around by giving everything and that will remain forever in our memory, with the support of an entire country that, together with the work and effort of this group, led us to be, once again, among the best in the world”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continuity, an unknown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Messi’s continuity in the Argentine national team is an unknown that the forward has not yet cleared up in public statements, although his participation in the FIFA World Cups is considered closed with his presence in the one in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the sixth of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Albiceleste team has two friendly windows ahead in the remainder of 2026, in which he might perhaps say goodbye to the national team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winner of numerous club-level titles, especially during his time at Barcelona, Messi has conquered the 2021 and 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica, the 2022 Finalissima, and the 2022 Qatar World Cup under the command of Lionel Scaloni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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