(FILES) Argentina's Lionel Messi (L) and Argentina's Rodrigo De Paul (R) hold the Copa America trophy while posing for a picture at the end of their South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 against Bolivia at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires on September 9, 2021. It will be both a farewell and the start of a new era: Lionel Messi will bid farewell to the Argentina national football team in a friendly match against Benin on October 6, 2026, at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, where a large celebration is expected to pay tribute to the Argentine star. (Photo by Juan Ignacio RONCORONI / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)