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- Updated: October 9, 2016
Argentina coach Edgardo Bauza believes Lionel Messi deserves to retire from international football in style as a World Cup winner.
Messi quit playing for his country after three successive final losses – to Germany in the 2014 World Cup, to Chile in the 2015 Copa America and to Chile again in the Copa America Centenario in June – but had a change of heart after talks with Bauza in August.
For Bauza, Messi’s initial decision was borne out of frustration rather than any real desire to turn his back on Argentina.
“When we were chatting it …
