Messi retires from Argentina.

It's not sad at all. He couldn't win with Argentina and decided to call it early. :lol:

So much for been the greatest ever.
 
It's not sad at all. It's sad when players like Lahm, Klose, Pirlo and Xavi retired from international football since they actually won trophies and set tournaments alight with their performances. I would watch world cups and Euros just to see these sort of players play, not Messi.
 
Heat of the moment? I think he'll be back at the next World Cup. Feel for him after this Copa loss though.
 
Sad..hope it's a knee-jerk reaction to today's heartbreak and he reconsiders. He easily has one more WC in him.

If he doesn't, it'll be a huge blemish on his legacy. To quit just because you lost a couple of finals on penalties is weak.
 
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Think it is a heat of the moment thing. Surely he will reconsider it once the dust settles.
 
Maybe he will change his mind. He said this minutes after losing a final in a tournament where did it quite well.
Quite unlucky,awful coaches like Maradona and Martino and a Argentina team not too balanced
 
I don't think he's retired for good, but how different really is this from what Cruyff - an undisputed all time great - did? Messi once again getting judged with different levels of scrutiny.
 
What does he mean "Taking this decision for lot of people who want it".
Hope Barca has not asked him to do this.
 
good. national football is a joke. this isn't the 1990s. Champions League is the true pinnacle of football.
 
He's probably gonna do like others have done in the past, "retire" from international football, only to return at some point like other greats such as Zidane, Makelele, Hagi and Carragher.
 
He should reconsider. He will only be 31 at next WC. In form and hitting peak (unless he has some injury no one knows about)
 
Lurpak99 said:
He's probably gonna do like others have done in the past, "retire" from international football, only to return at some point like other greats such as Zidane, Makelele, Hagi and Carragher.
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that took a real nose dive in quality.
 
IFC 1905 said:
Sorry if I didn't express myself well. I meant Spain gave him everything. Argentina has done nothing for him.




PS: Mascherano retires from Argentina aswell
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Oh no it's really my fault as I was just taking a cheap joke about taxes.

I can't help it.
 
mbb8 said:
lol. truth hurts. no one gives a shit about it.
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you're being stupid if you think that

national team, world cup.. specially in the americas is huge, and miles ahead of UCL in pressure, atmosphere, grit, glory, blood, tears etc

no wonder Messi shits all over UCL defenders but has a huge problem in world cups.. its a different pressure, there's an extra edge..

you can't tell me this Real Madrid vs Atletico this year has the same level of pressure of world cup final for instance..
 
sad indeed a true super star form a different planet and on another level of football the world have never seen before.

a better manger who wouldn't start Higuain and leave Agüero on the bench and they might have had a different outcome tonight.
 
Martial said:
Yeah, Maradona.
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Let's start with 86 Argentina; they only allowed 5 goals all tournament long. That number, no matter the era they played in, is phenomenal. This by itself demolishes the myth of Maradona "doing it by himself". Meanwhile, his partner on offense wasn't bad either: Jorge Valdano (of RM) scored 4 in the same tournament. To top it all off, he was coached by what a lot of people rightfully consider one of the greatest WC managers in history, Carlos Bilardo.

Sure, Maradona was by far the player of the tournament, scoring 5 and assisting 5. He was involved in 10 of Argentina's 14 goals in 7 matches. That is very impressive, but it didn't mean that the rest of the team were poor.

To put it in perspective, in Euro 84, Michael Platini scored 9 goals in 5 matches, including the winner that sent them to the Finals. Platini doubled in one tournament Diego's career goal total in the Copa America (4) but hardly anyone called/calls it a one-man effort. Was it because Maradona did it in the World Cup? I am inclined to say yes.

Let's talk about Napoli then. I will say upfront that I agree with everything you said about Diego putting Napoli on the map, but does that mean the rest of the squad was poor? Let's start with the defense again: Ciro Ferrera was the leader at the back of a team that conceded just 21 goals in their '87 title run. 21 in 30 games is a phenomenal record, then you add the 16 clean sheets.

Other notable teammates include Italian internationals Andrea Carnevale, Salvatore Bagni and (forgot his first name) De Napoli. Napoli was hardly Maradona + a bunch of scrubs.

Napoli was even better in 1990 as they added Careca to complete their Maradona-Giordano-Careca (MaGiCa) trio. Careca scored 73 in 164 games for Napoli.

Source - http://www.barcaforum.com/showthread.php/1664-Diego-Maradona?p=1410378&viewfull=1#post1410378
 
Never really looked forward to watching him play for Argentina, continuing pleasure to watch him play for Barcelona.
 
Sad. Extraordinary player crushed by the weight of expectation and the shadow of Maradona. And for all the quality players Argentina has, there is no Iniesta, Busquets or Pique there. He's more a product of Barcelona than of the Argentinian street.

I expect him to come back before the next WC.
 
I was at his last game. And I got kicked out for being too drunk. I'm a fecking disgrace
 
There's probably a lot behind the scenes going on that people don't know about. There will be, for example, a lot of emotional Argentines. They are a people of the plains, unused to negotiating humps.
 
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