{"id":522823,"date":"2026-08-31T11:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522823"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:47:37","slug":"lionel-messi-announces-retirement-from-argentina-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/lionel-messi-announces-retirement-from-argentina-national-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi announces retirement from Argentina national team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from the Argentina national team, saying he has \u201cno more to give\u201d after two decades representing the Albiceleste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a decision that hurt and still hurts in my soul, but I understand that it is time,\u201d Messi wrote. He also suggested that he may be approaching the end of his overall playing career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Messi leaves the national team after winning the <strong>2022 FIFA World Cup, Copa Am\u00e9rica titles in 2021 and 2024, and the 2022 Finalissima<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-31-at-11.43.04-AM-841x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522825\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from the Argentina national team, saying he has \u201cno more to give\u201d after two decades representing the Albiceleste. \u201cIt&#8217;s a decision that hurt and still hurts in my soul, but I understand that it is time,\u201d Messi wrote. He also suggested that he may be approaching the end of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40943,6],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-522823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","category-sports","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2c0D","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/6a959a2ee9ff71674c69f30d.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Football","Sports"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/6a959a2ee9ff71674c69f30d.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}