Lionel Messi’s farewell celebration was marred by criticisms on social media of his apparent brutal snubbing of a Benin player keen to take a picture with the retiring superstar.
The 39-year-old’s retirement has been in the works since his country’s ultimately heartbreaking run to the World Cup final and defeat to Spain.
The diminutive Argentine received a well-planned hero’s send-off in Buenos Aires in a friendly against Benin – a nation whose team is ranked 93rd in FIFA’s ranking – hoping to provide his final win.
But while the goodbye left his team-mates, family, and fans in the stands in tears as he
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