Messi has lost his fourth final for Argentina national team after their lost to Chile in a penalty shootout at the Copa America final played in United State. This is a very agonizing for any player and for a player with Messi’s statue, a national team honor will surely be a icing in the cake in standing shoulders to shoulders with the greats in the world, the likes of Pele, Madonna, Zidane, Ronaldo (Brazil), Rivaldo, who have helped their national side to glory and are immortalized in the heart of the fans of their nation.
No doubt, Messi’s legendary statue is in place and no one can take that away for him but I think him calling it quit on the international scene is kind of selfish of Messi. It’s like he considers the hurt he feels alone and not that of the fans. And the timing proves it right; he just felt that he can’t win anything with Argentina, so why continue?
Messi still have years in him to play good football and not providing that service to his nation is selfish of him. The great legends of football, played for their nation when called upon till age begin to tell on them. The likes of Figo, Zidane, Pele, Madonna played for their nation with so much passion till they were not able to continue due to age, injury or some sort of controversy as in the case with Madonna.
But Messi denying his nation that service is just a selfish gesture on his part, assuming he cannot win honors with Argentina, so what’s the point?
