"I WAS A STRANGER" Lionel Messi Breaks Silence on Past Insults and Family Suffering During Argentina’s Barren Years

"I thought at one point that it wasn’t going to stop. I said I wasn’t going back to the national team and I regret that decision a lot... I said, ‘That’s it, IT’S OVER FOR ME with the national team.’"  

"What I felt strongly was that there was a generation of young players who were counting on me, who needed me and asked me NOT TO LEAVE” 🥺

"They told me, ‘Don’t go, you can’t leave. If you go, we won’t reach another final, we won’t get back there.’ And that stayed with me."

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 🏆