
Lionel Messi may have played his last competitive home match for Argentina in Thursday night’s 3–0 FIFA World Cup qualifying win against Venezuela, but his future remains unclear at both the national team and club level.
While the 38-year-old scored a brace in the win and was brought to tears in front of passionate supporters, many of whom saying their farewells to him in the blue and white stripes, he did not make any guarantees about next summer’s tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.