The headline does the heavy lifting here: Messi's last appearance with Argentina. If the wording is taken at face value, Lionel Messi's long run in the national shirt has ended. His Argentina career began in 2005 and turned him into the country's most capped player and leading scorer. The major prizes arrived in his later years, from the Copa América to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. A farewell would have carried enormous emotional weight for supporters who have watched him for two decades. The item offers nothing past the title, so the venue, the opposition and his own words are missing from the notice. Either way, the suggestion is stark: the number 10's time with Argentina may be over.