Goodbye to Argentina: Messi gets an INCREDIBLE tribute at every game 🇦🇷 | OneFootball

After his farewell to the Argentina national team, Lionel Messi will receive an incredible tribute at EVERY football match in the country.

In the 10th minute of the first half, referees will stop the matches so everyone in the stadiums can applaud the star for one minute.

This is a directive from the AFA, the Argentine Football Association. And it applies to men’s football, women’s football, beach soccer, and even futsal.

And on Wednesday (3), Messi already received the first tribute during Velez vs. Boca Juniors in the Argentine Cup. See how it went:

And the tributes to Lionel Messi following the announcement of his retirement from the national team, made on Tuesday (1), won’t stop there.

An Argentine lawmaker, for example, has a proposal for Messi to become an "illustrious and traveling ambassador of the Argentine Republic."

The proposal seeks to recognize the player’s global impact and the way his journey projects the country’s identity around the world.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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