Nollywood actress Uche Jombo has mourned the end of Lionel Messi’s international career. She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.
Admitting that she does not know how to say goodbye to Messi in an Argentina shirt, the moviestar described the emotional farewell as the end of an era.
Jombo added that she’ll find comfort in knowing that Messi will continue playing club football with Inter Miami.
Her words, “I honestly don’t know how to say goodbye to you, Leo!
I will always remember the little moments, the way you carried the weight of a nation.
Thank you for making football feel like art.”
Lionel Messi, also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards and a record six European Golden Shoes, and in 2020 he was named to the Ballon d’Or Dream Team.
Until leaving the club in 2021, he had spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35 trophies, including ten La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey titles and the UEFA Champions League four times.
With his country, he won the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi holds the records for most goals in La Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and the UEFA Champions League (eight), and most assists in La Liga (192) and the Copa América (17).
He also has the most international goals by a South American male (103). Messi has scored over 800 senior career goals for club and country, and has the most goals by a player for a single club (672).
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