In Honor of Messi, Argentina obscures the Number 10″
Agencies – Sudan Events
The Argentine Football Association made a historic decision to ban the number (10) for life from the Tango national team after the retirement of its star captain, Lionel Messi, in honor of him.
The president of the Argentine Football Association, Claudio Tapia, said in statements highlighted by the British newspaper “Daily Mail”: “When Messi retires from playing with the national team, we will not allow anyone else to wear the number 10 after him.”
He added: “We will wear the number 10 for life in honor of him. This is the least we can do for Messi.”
Messi participated for the first time with the Argentine national team when he was 18 years old, in 2005, but he was expelled after only two minutes at the beginning of his legendary career, as the “flea” scored 106 goals for his country’s national team during 180 international matches so far, and led “Tango” to victory. With the “Copa America” and the “Qatar 2022” Football World Cup titles..
It is noteworthy that Lionel Messi (36 years old) made a distinguished start to his career with his club Inter Miami in 2023, where he scored 11 goals during 14 matches and led the team to obtain its first title in its history ever.
