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Barcelona's Lionel Messi: Retires from international football

Messi announced he will retire from international football after hurtful second consecutive penalty shoot-out Copa America loss to Chile on Sunday, BBC reports.

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Arguably, one of the best players in modern football is his country's record scorer with 55 goals after bagging five notches during Copa America Centenario and has 113 caps, though, that's his fourth lost major final with Argentina in the last nine years. Messi is still in the prime of his career after he also netted 26 scores and made 16 assists with an average of 4.8 shots per game in 33 La Liga appearances last season for Spanish club Barcelona.

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