EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Consumed by frustration, anger and emotion, soccer superstar Lionel Messi suggested Sunday that he would retire from the Argentine national team.
After losing to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final at MetLife Stadium, the third consecutive summer Argentina has fallen one game short of a major championship, the greatest player of his generation told reporters his international career might be over.
“It’s incredible the fact that we can’t win it,” he said. “It happened to us again and by penalty kicks. It’s the third consecutive final. We tried and it wasn’t for us.