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Argentina's Lionel Messi reacts after his final match for the national team, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Gustavo Garello
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Argentina's Lionel Messi, left, is challenged by Benin's Imourane Hassane during Messi's final match for the national team, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Natacha Pisarenko
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Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his goal from the penalty spot during his final match for the national team, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Natacha Pisarenko
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Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring teams third goal from the penalty spot during his final match for the national team, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Gustavo Garello
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Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his side's third goal from the penalty spot during an international friendly soccer match against Benin, marking his farewell appearance for the national team, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Gustavo Garello
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Argentina's Lionel Messi scores from the penalty spot his side's third goal during an international friendly soccer match against Benin, marking his farewell appearance for the national team, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Gustavo Garello
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Argentina's Nico Paz celebrates scoring his side's second goal during Lionel Messi's final match, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Gustavo Garello
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Argentina's Nicolas Otamendi, celebrates scoring his side's opening goal with teammate Argentina's Lionel Messi during Messi's final match for the national team, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Natacha Pisarenko
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Benin's line up for a team photo before an international friendly soccer match against Argentina, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Natacha Pisarenko
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Argentina's line up for a team photo before an international friendly soccer match against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Natacha Pisarenko
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Fans hold masks depicting Lionel Messi before his final match for Argentina, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Natacha Pisarenko
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A giant t-shirt with Lionel Messi's number 10 is displayed before an international friendly soccer match against Benin, marking his farewell appearance for the national team, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rodrigo Abd
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A drone display featuring Argentina's Lionel Messi is seen at the end of his final match for the national team, a soccer friendly against Benin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Julian Bongiovanni
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Street artist Claudio Pampillon finishes a chalk portrait of Lionel Messi on the pavement outside the stadium before Messi's final match with the national team, an international friendly against Benin in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rodrigo Abd
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A child looks at the statue of Argentina's Lionel Messi before an international friendly soccer match against Benin, marking his farewell appearance for the national team, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct.6, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rodrigo Abd
