PHOTO:Lionel Messi retires from national team, after another COPA America failure!

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Argentina and Barcelona star, Lionel Messi retires after another final defeat from their rival Chile, in yet another COPA America final between the two countries.

It was a tearful and heartbroken Messi, one we haven’t seen before, after the penalty shootout after the normal 90minutes of the game.

Clearly, he blames himself for failing the team, after missing his spot kick, and also it was same Chile the lost to last year, and a third final miss in three years for the Argentina!!

MESSI'S CAREER STATS

113 - Caps for Argentina.

Debut: vs Hungary 2005. 

55 - Goals for Argentina. His five goals in the 2016 Copa America saw him pass 
 Gabriel Batistuta as his nation's all-time leading scorer.

Finals: Copa America 2007, 2015, 2016; World Cup 2014. 

170 - Messi's height in centimetres (5ft 6in).

72 - Messi's weight in kilograms (11st 5lbs).

47 - Seconds into his Argentina debut before he was sent off, against Hungary in 2005, aged 18, after coming on as a substitute.

2008 - Olympic gold in Beijing is Messi's only major international honour.

453 - Goals for Barcelona, in 531 games, including a Primera Division record of 312 goals.

8 - Primera Division titles with Barcelona.

4 - Champions League wins with Barca.

5 - Times he has won the FIFA Ballon d'Or, as the world's best player (in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015).

Lionel Messi after the game was quoted to have said:

'That's it. It's over for me with the national team,' he explained.

'It's not for me. That's four finals. The decision has been made, I think so. [Winning] is what I wanted most. It didn't come. I think that's it. That's how I feel now, what I think. 

It's a great sadness. It hurts not to be a champion.'

Sergio Aguero on his part, said other players could follow on the foot step of Messi:

'Messi probably won't be the only player to leave the national team,' said Aguero. 

'There are various players who are considering quitting. This is the worst I've seen the dressing room. Worse than after the other two finals [the 2014 World Cup and 2015 Copa America].' 

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