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27th June 2016
07:54am BST

The defeat also means Argentina have lost three finals in the last three summers, and their captain appears to have had enough.
"For me the national team is over. I've done all I can, it hurts not to be a champion," Messi said.
"It's been four finals, it's not meant for me. I tried. It was the thing I wanted the most, but I couldn't get it, so I think it's over."Messi was also part of the Argentina team that lost to Brazil in the 2007 Copa America final. Messi hangs up his international boots as Argentina's all-time leading goalscorer, having scored 55 times for his country in 112 appearances for La Albiceleste. Messi was soon followed by fellow Argentina stars Sergio Aguero and Javier Mascherano in retiring from the national team. With many more players rumoured to be quitting, this could be a changing of the guard moment in Argentinian football.
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