In the world of football, there are many important symbols, and one of them is the
number 10.
But if we 😄 are talking about the number 10 of the Argentinian national team
it is a really big symbol.
Wearing the number 10 😄 in a team gives you the status of a
star, of a leader on the pitch. We all remember great 😄 players who carried the
responsibility of wearing that number and became leaders of their teams.
A few years
ago, the number 😄 ten jersey of the Argentine national team, which the Argentine Football
Association (AFA) decided to remove from use in homage 😄 to Diego Maradona, was worn by a
player in Marcelo Bielsa's team at the 2002 World Cup.
Lionel Messi attends Antonela
😄 Roccuzzo's sister's wedding in Argentina
At the time, Julio Grondona, president of the
AFA and some Argentinean officials wanted to remove 😄 it, but their wish "could not be
fulfilled" because of a FIFA regulation, which decided that teams should use numbers
😄 from 1 to 23 in the top national team tournament.
Following the AFA's decision to pay
tribute to Maradona by retiring 😄 the number ten jersey, Ariel Ortega was chosen in
Argentina as the last player to officially wear the iconic number 😄 in the Argentina-Peru
match.
Argentina to retire Messi's number 10
After the achievement of winning the World
Cup in Qatar by the 😄 Argentine national team and Lionel Messi, the figure of the
Argentine player will receive a last recognition.
When he decides to 😄 hang up his
national team boots, his number 10, once worn by Maradona, will be retired, according
to AFA president 😄 Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia.
"When Messi retires from the national team, we
will not allow anyone else to wear the number 10 😄 after him. This number '10' will be
retired for life in his honour. It's the least we can do for 😄 him," AFA president Tapia
told an Argentine newspaper.
Messi has a total record of 180 appearances and 106 goals
in the 😄 jersey of the Argentine national team.
Within the Argentine's track record with
the senior team, he boasts a Copa America (2024) 😄 and above all the 2024 World Cup, a
competition that put him on the podium alongside Diego Maradona and Pele.
