Shahararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya, Lionel Messi, ya sanar da yin ritaya daga buga wa ƙasar Argentina ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa da ƙasa, bayan shafe shekaru yana wakiltar ƙasar.
Messi, mai shekaru 39, ya fara buga wa Argentina wasa a shekarar 2005, inda ya buga mata wasanni sama da 200, ya zura ƙwallaye 125 tare da taimakawa wajen zura wasu 65. Ya zama ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ‘yan wasan da suka taɓa wakiltar ƙasar.
A lokacin da yake taka leda da Argentina, Messi ya taimaka wajen lashe manyan kofuna, ciki har da gasar Copa America sau biyu da Kofin Duniya na 2022 da aka gudanar a Qatar. Haka kuma, ya lashe lambar zinare ta wasannin Olympics da kuma kofin Finalissima.
A cikin wata sanarwa, Messi ya ce shawarar yin ritayar ta kasance mai cike da raɗaɗi, amma ya fahimci cewa lokaci ya yi da zai ba matasa damar nuna ƙwarewarsu a tawagar ƙasar. Ya ce ya yi duk abin da zai iya yi wa Argentina, musamman wajen taimaka mata lashe manyan kofuna.
Messi ya kuma bayyana cewa shekaru na ƙaruwa, kuma duk da cewa burinsa a koyaushe shi ne ci gaba da kasancewa cikin tawagar ƙasa, yanzu ya yi imanin cewa babu wani babban abu da ya rage da zai iya yi wa Argentina a filin wasa. Ya ce rasuwar mahaifinsa, Jorge Messi, a wannan watan ta ƙara sanya shi cikin tunanin makomar rayuwarsa ta ƙwallon ƙafa.
Ritayar Messi ta zo ne bayan ya taimaka wa Argentina wajen kaiwa wasan ƙarshe na gasar Kofin Duniya na 2026 da aka gudanar a Amurka, Canada da Mexico. Tare da nasarorin da ya samu, Messi ya bar tarihi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan ‘yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa da suka fi yin fice a tarihin Argentina da duniya.
