Lionel Messi ya yi bankwana da tawagar Argentina bayan sama da shekaru 21, bayan ya buga wasansa na ƙarshe a wasan sada zumunci da Benin a filin wasa na Monumental da ke Buenos Aires.
Argentina ta doke Benin da ci 3-0, inda Messi ya taimaka aka zura ƙwallo biyu sannan ya ci ta uku daga bugun fenariti a minti na 71. Wannan shi ne ƙwallonsa ta 126 a tawagar ƙasar.
A lokacin wasan, sama da magoya baya 85,000 sun cika filin domin yin bankwana da kyaftin ɗin, yayin da aka dakatar da wasa a minti na 10 domin magoya baya su yi masa tafi, saboda shahararriyar lambar rigarsa.
Messi, mai shekara 39, ya kammala aikinsa da Argentina a matsayin wanda ya fi kowa buga mata wasanni, da kuma wanda ya fi kowa zura mata ƙwallaye. Ya buga wasanni 208, inda ya ci ƙwallaye 126, tare da lashe Copa América na 2021 da 2024, Finalissima na 2022 da kuma Kofin Duniya na 2022.
Bayan wasan, Messi ya bayyana cikin kuka cewa yana fatan ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da Argentina har ƙarshen rayuwarsa, amma ya ce lokaci ya yi da zai yi ritaya daga buga wa ƙasar. Ya kuma ce wakiltar Argentina shi ne abu mafi kyau da ya taɓa samu a rayuwarsa.
Bankwanar ta zo ne watanni biyu da rabi bayan Argentina ta sha kashi a hannun Spain a wasan ƙarshe na Kofin Duniya na 2026. Duk da ritayar sa daga tawagar ƙasa, Messi zai ci gaba da buga ƙwallo a matakin kulob, inda yake da kwantiragi da Inter Miami har zuwa 2028.
A ƙarshen wasan, an gudanar da gagarumin bikin bankwana da shi, ciki har da wasan wuta da nunin jirage marasa matuƙa a sama, yayin da magoya baya suka yi ta rera sunansa. Haka kuma, Nicolás Otamendi ya buga wasansa na ƙarshe da Argentina a wannan dare.
