Lionel Messi, 39, announced his retirement from the Argentina national team on August 31, 2026, closing a 21-year career of 207 caps and 125 goals. But in 2016 he had already quit once, written off as the man who could not win for his country after four lost finals. This video traces how that verdict was overturned: the structural change under Scaloni that reversed the direction of the team’s dependence, the titles that came after his physical peak, and the farewell at the same stadium where he once announced his first retirement. It also looks at how Japan reacted — and the one question Japanese fans actually argued about.
*Reactions are summarized from public posts and threads; they do not represent all fans.
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This program is produced with synthesized narration (Voice: Google Cloud Text-to-Speech).
