Messi cancels retirement

Lionel Messi will return to play for Argentina for “love” of his country, despite vowing to retire earlier this summer.

Messi said in June that he would not play for Argentina again after the team lost to Chile in the final of the Copa America.

But he said in a statement on Friday that he wished to continue playing for his country as he preferred “to help from within”.

“A lot of things went through my mind on the night of the final and I gave serious thought to quitting, but my love for my country and this shirt is too great,” …

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