So that’s it. Lionel Messi is 208 and out. The 39-year-old called time on his 21-year international career with a 3–0 friendly win over Benin on Tuesday.
There were 85,000 fans packed into the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires to be there for a moment of history, as Messi scored a penalty to get his 126th Argentina goal on his final outing. In truth, the actual soccer was little more than an excuse to honor and celebrate the departing captain.
