Argentina's greatest footballer of all time Diego
Maradona has pleaded with country man and
current Argentina captain Lionel Messi not to
retire from International football following
Argentina's Copa America Centenario final loss
to Chile.
After losing his fourth final for his country - after
the World Cup two years ago and the Copa
America in 2007 and 2015 - an emotional Messi
said: 'That's it. It's over for me with the
national team. But Maradona has urged the
Barcelona man to think carefully about his
future.
'Messi has to stay in the national team.
He will go to Russia in form to be world
champion,' Maradona told Argentine daily
La Nacion. He has to rely more on boys
who can help take the team forward and
less on those who say they have to go.
Those who are saying he should quit are
doing it so that we won't see what a
disaster Argentine football has become.'
Messi's plan to retire comes as the Argentine
Football Association (AFA) implodes after the
AFA's presidential election was recently marred
by controversy and uncertainty.
Maradona added:
'I am very sorry and very angry with
what is happening to Argentine football.
We hit bottom, we reached the bottom.'
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