Messi confirms retirement, says FIFA World Cup 2022 final will be his last for Argentina

Messi put on a show for a capacity crowd at Lusail Stadium in Qatar which many described as his best in recent times. This will be Messi's last chance to lift the World Cup before calling it quits. He had ended up as a runner-up after losing to Germany in 2014 in Brazil.

Argentina's forward Lionel Messi celebrates at the end of during the Qatar 2022 World Cup football semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 13, 2022. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)(AFP)

Lionel Messi confirmed that he will retire after the FIFA World Cup 2022 final on December 18. The Argentina captain, who scored from a penalty and played equally important in the other two goals scored by Julian Alvarez against Croatia to take his country to the final, said the summit clash will be his last in the sky and white stripes.