Carlos Tevez has called Lionel Messi the "soul of Argentina" and urged the Barcelona man not to retire from international duty.
Messi called it a day once before in 2016 after Argentina lost the Copa America final, but Tevez is adamant he must stay on in the wake of a poor 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign, per ESPN FC:
"I think Leo has to think about himself. He has to think that, if there is not a project that makes him happy and in which he feels comfortable, it is very difficult to take the responsibility of leading Argentina to become champions by himself.