𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 EVER. 🇦🇷❤️
The final whistle blew on Lionel Messi’s final match for Argentina…
The referee walked over to Messi and handed him a yellow and a red card but not as a punishment.
Instead, the referee had given Messi BOTH cards as a commemorative memento after Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Benin at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires. 🥹🇦🇷
A unique farewell gift for the man who has spent an entire career seeing those cards used against him.
Messi also kept the match ball from the game to mark the occasion. ⚽️❤️
The man who received hundreds of cards throughout his career was now being handed two cards as a 𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄.
To 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐑 him.
After everything Messi has given Argentina, what better way to say goodbye than with a moment nobody could have scripted?
Messi — holding a red card and a yellow card, smiling after his final Argentina appearance. 🥹🇦🇷
𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈 could turn a referee’s cards into a farewell love letter. ❤️🐐