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[All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 @AlbicelesteTalk]

🚨🎙️ LEO MESSI FULL SPEECH:

"I have nothing left to do but thank this shirt. For 20 years, even through the worst moments, I never stopped fighting, pushing forward, giving everything I had and wanting to be here.

"Not coming here anymore and no longer being with the Argentina National Team is going to hurt a lot. If it were up to me, I would love to be here for my entire life, because playing for Argentina is the most beautiful thing there is.

"I think I’m talking more than ever today because I simply don’t want this moment to end.

"But I think the time has come for me to retire. The last World Cup took a lot out of us after everything we went through. We arrived in the final with just enough left in us, but we fought until the very end, like we always did.

"We came very close to winning it again, and despite everything that was said about us, nothing strange happened. The match against England took a lot out of us because we gave absolutely everything.

"In 2022, we had the dream of fulfilling not only my dream, but the dream of an entire country: becoming world champions again. And we did it.

"We won the World Cup, the Copa América, the Finalissima… I’m incredibly grateful for everything I experienced with this National Team.

"But this journey wasn’t only about 2022 or this last World Cup. So many teammates fought alongside me for this shirt long before we finally became world champions. Never doubt how much every one of them fought and gave for Argentina.

"It was a privilege and an honor to share the pitch with all of my teammates and to share so much of our lives together away from football. Every time we stepped onto the pitch, I knew we could compete against anyone because I had warriors beside me who were willing to leave absolutely everything out there.

"To achieve the biggest things, you need a strong group. And it’s during the most difficult moments that you truly discover what kind of team you have. That’s one of the biggest reasons we were able to achieve everything we did.

"And especially to this group: THANK YOU. They helped me fulfill the dream I had since I was a child. They helped me become a world champion.

"I also want to thank the people. I was lucky enough to play in so many cities across Argentina, and everywhere I went, I received an incredible amount of love.

"Throughout all these years, wherever we played in the world, the stadiums were always full of Argentinians. No matter the match or the distance, people made an enormous effort to be there. We know how difficult that is. Wherever we went in the world, it felt like we were playing at home because we could always feel your support.

"And that support has to continue. Difficult moments will come, and those are the moments when you have to support the team more than ever. You need strong, united groups because there will always be people who want to see the National Team fail, and we can’t give them that satisfaction.

"Here, in this stadium, I experienced one of the happiest days of my life: our first match at home after becoming world champions. It was beautiful. And today might be one of the saddest because I’m standing here saying goodbye.

"I’m going to miss all of you so much, but I’ll always be on your side. I’ll be supporting these boys and everyone who comes after them.

"There are so many emotions going through me right now. I’m surely forgetting many things I would like to say because this is a very difficult moment for me. The first person who comes to my mind is my dad.

"I’m going to miss playing here so much. I love you all, and I’m proud to be Argentine.

"I leave grateful, proud and at peace. Thank you for everything.” 🇦🇷❤️

[marti @louuis_carp]

me hace acordar a cuando gru habla y los minions saltan

[❥𝒜𝓅ụ𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓌ụ𐙚♡❤︎ @amandaaaaaaaarr]

They said farewell message, de paul said love confession

[Reg 🇧🇳 🇧🇦 @F10baller]

My bro’s wife and the gay guy I hired to cry at his funeral

[Snoopy @snoopyb047]

Goodbye, Legend. Thank You, Leo. 💙

[sunshine love bot 🎀 @shoyoboops]

"shower him with love, fill him with kisses, and make him happy"

messi just how good is that pussy 😭

[Christie 🇺🇦 💛⚖💛 @ChristieH60]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[sofa ♀ @radicalsnowshoe]

leftists trying to make the cornell case about white privilege when about half of the rapists were males of color shows how desperate they are to deny the existence of male privilege and that women are an oppressed group.

[Verci @vercinyc]

free things to do in new york after work that aren't a bar:

• moma, fridays 5:30 to 8:30 (free for ny state residents, reserve ahead)
• the whitney, fridays 5 to 10pm, and always free if you're 25 or under
• the morgan library, fridays 5 to 8pm (reserve ahead)
• the frick, first fridays 5:30 to 9pm, next one's oct 2
• museum of the city of new york, all day wednesdays, open till 9
• free shows at the rubenstein atrium at lincoln center, no tickets needed
• juilliard students playing free rush hour sets at broadway & 66th
• the stavros niarchos library on fifth, open till 9pm mon to thu
• simons foundation science talks on fifth ave, oct 7, 14 and 21
• madison square park, open till midnight through october
• brookfield place winter garden, open 24/7

and if it's past midnight and you still don't want to go home, you know where we are ;)

[✧ @preposterousbbg]

to the men who say, “I’m too scared to even touch a woman in this Me Too era because of the possibility of an allegation.”
GOOD. Don’t touch us. Don’t touch us unless we ask. Live by that. Act by that. We would greatly appreciate it.

[lena ⸆⸉ @redwinets]

oh yeah fuck paper rings

[em @needonegoalfc]

he's genuinely the funniest person

[evilpoodle @evilpoodle4ever]

when messi was nine, he got food poisoning from chicken the day before the semifinal. by the time he arrived at the stadium, he was so weak that the coach was ready to take him to the hospital. when he heard that, he suddenly perked up and said “give me a bottle of gatorade and I’ll be able to play.” and he did. newell’s beat cantolao 10–0, with messi scoring 9 goals. 🥹

[101.🪐 @ysuckgirl]

Good for her! I'm sure she begged too. Did they show mercy??

[Elizabeth Holmes @ElizabethHolmes]

The answer to every challenge lies in your heart.

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

https://t.co/kgiKIMjNOB

[🌹 @redrosealbum]

remembering how Messi’s boba eyes made my mom change teams during the world cup

[em @needonegoalfc]

posting this here because oomf came up with this idea and i couldn't resist

[chris oldman © @AlsikkanTV]

I love when the movie of the year just appears out of nowhere like this

[All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 @AlbicelesteTalk]

I recommend everyone to just watch this video and focus on Leo Messi.

I'll not say anything more.