Lionel Messi reverses decision to retire from national team
Lionel Messi will return to play for the Argentine national football
team for "love" of his country, despite earlier vowing to retire in
frustration, he said on Friday Aug 12,2016
It was heartening news for the country's demanding soccer fans after Argentina were knocked out of the Olympic Games this week in the group stage, their latest in a string of humiliations.
The 29-year-old Barcelona superstar abruptly had announced his international retirement in tears after Argentina lost the Copa America final to Chile on June 26,2016
"A lot of things went through my mind on the night of the final and I gave serious thought to quitting, but my love for my country and this shirt is too great," he said on Friday in a statement released by his management company.
His earlier vow to quit had dismayed fans, many of whom held street rallies and posted online messages begging him not to go.
It was heartening news for the country's demanding soccer fans after Argentina were knocked out of the Olympic Games this week in the group stage, their latest in a string of humiliations.
The 29-year-old Barcelona superstar abruptly had announced his international retirement in tears after Argentina lost the Copa America final to Chile on June 26,2016
"A lot of things went through my mind on the night of the final and I gave serious thought to quitting, but my love for my country and this shirt is too great," he said on Friday in a statement released by his management company.
His earlier vow to quit had dismayed fans, many of whom held street rallies and posted online messages begging him not to go.
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