Did Lionel Messi retire from international soccer too soon?
Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros of The Cooligans react to the Argentinian superstar's decision to step away from international football and if there is a chance he could unretire before Copa America in 2028. Check out the full conversation on the "The Cooligans" podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or wherever you listen .
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Maybe he's not gonna be available for the next World Cup, which is probably why he's like, "Eh, time to move on."
But I feel like he might still have something to give in the next Copa Amrica.
Possibly, right.
It, it's a There, there's, there's also an aspect of, like, the Nobody wants to see him retire because he makes too many people too much money.
So I'm sure the, the Mas family and, and, and the Beckham family are like, "Please keep, stay on board."
And the, and the insert Argentinians family - Right also don't want him to retire, yeah.
Yeah, so th- this is a, a play- or when they say it's a My thought of it being, like, too soon is w- weirdly for a guy who plays pretty much every game, he's hardly ever injured.
He's hardly ever, like, seriously injured.
I mean, he might miss two, three games, and that's, like, a long stretch and- Right and, and that's fr- frustrating I'm sure for Argentina and, and frustrating for Inter Miami.
But he b- the His play style, which is like, "I ain't defending, I'm just walking around- Yeah till you get me the ball."
He's super casual as the ball's in their final third, you know what I mean?
Right, right, right.
Unless they're attacking.
So, ha- having that, a player like that where he, like, clearly also takes care of his body, I'm sure immensely, and then he's just also not hurt that often, you kind of think, like, man, how You could probably keep going a little bit longer.
But the In reality, like, what more does he need to do?
