{"id":5890,"date":"2022-10-07T13:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.ptvsportstv.com\/?p=5890"},"modified":"2022-10-07T13:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T13:29:50","slug":"football-star-lionel-messi-announced-his-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ptvsportstv.com\/football-star-lionel-messi-announced-his-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Football star Lionel Messi announced his retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Argentine football star <span class=\"yKMVIe\" role=\"heading\">Lionel Messi<\/span> has announced his retirement. In an interview with a sports website, <span class=\"yKMVIe\" role=\"heading\">Lionel Messi<\/span> said that next month&#8217;s World Cup in Qatar will be the last World Cup of his career. He said that he is physically fit and has practiced extensively before the season, which was not possible last year. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><strong>Football star Lionel Messi announced his retirement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Messi said it is important to be where he is now and he has high hopes for the future<\/span>. <span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">35-year-old Messi made his international debut in 2005. This will be his fifth World Cup. He has participated in 164 international matches for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\">Argentina<\/a> and is also his country&#8217;s top scorer with 90 goals<\/span>. <span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">He also admitted that he is eagerly waiting for the World Cup and is also nervous about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.www.ptvsportstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/126997095_whatsubject.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.ptvsportstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/126997095_whatsubject.jpg\" alt=\"Football star Lionel Messi announced his retirement\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ptvsportstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/126997095_whatsubject.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.ptvsportstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/126997095_whatsubject-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ptvsportstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/126997095_whatsubject-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentine football star Lionel Messi has announced his retirement. In an interview with a sports website, Lionel Messi said that next month&#8217;s World Cup in Qatar will be the last World Cup of his career. He said that he is physically fit and has practiced extensively before the season, which was not possible last year. 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