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Thousands gather at Buenos Aires stadium ahead of Messi match
Al Jazeera reports fans filled the Monumental before a friendly against Benin, with Messi’s participation and the match’s status as his final international appearance unconfirmed.
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Thousands of Argentina fans gathered at Buenos Aires’ Estadio Monumental ahead of a match involving Lionel Messi, according to Al Jazeera Global News.
Argentina were scheduled to play a friendly against Benin at River Plate’s stadium on 6 October. Messi was named in the squad, but the supplied material does not confirm whether he took part.
Al Jazeera described the occasion as Messi’s final international match. That status had not been publicly confirmed in the background information available.
The report gave no exact attendance figure or match result.
