Uyu mukinnyi w’imyaka 39 wari usanzwe ari kapiteni wa Argentina, yavuze ko gufata iki cyemezo byamubabaje cyane, ariko ko yamenye ko igihe cyo guhagarika urugendo rwe mu Ikipe y’Igihugu kigeze.
Messi yaherukaga gukinira Argentina ku mukino wa nyuma w’Igikombe cy’Isi, aho Argentina yatsinzwe na Espagne igitego 1-0 mu minota y’inyongera.
Messi yabaye umukinnyi wa kabiri nyuma ya Cafu wa Brazil wakinnye imikino itatu ya nyuma y’Igikombe cy’Isi. Yegukanye igikombe cy'isi mu 2022, mu gihe mu 2014 yari yabaye uwa kabiri nyuma yo gutsindwa n’u Budage.
Mu butumwa yashyize kuri Instagram, yavuze ko icyemezo cyo gusezera “kimubabaza cyane mu mutima”, ariko ko yamenye ko igihe cyo gufunga iki gice cy’urugendo rwe kigeze. Ati: “Ubu hashize igihe gito kuva ku mukino wa nyuma, kandi maze kubitekerezaho neza, ndashaka kubamenyesha ko nasezeye mu Ikipe y’Igihugu.”
Yakomeje agira ati: “Ni icyemezo cyambabaje kandi kiracyambabaza cyane mu mutima wanjye, ariko menye ko igihe cyacyo kigeze. Ndababwiza ukuri ko nahoraga ntanga imbaraga zanjye zose, atari mu myaka ya vuba gusa ubwo twatwaraga byose, ahubwo na mbere yaho.”
Messi yavuze ko imyaka ye mu Ikipe y’Igihugu igeze ku musozo, ndetse ko hari abakinnyi bakiri bato bafite impano kandi bakwiye guhabwa umwanya.
Ati: “Nta gihe gisigaye kandi hari ibice by’ubuzima biri gufungwa. Iki ni kimwe muri byo kandi birambabaza cyane. Nkunda, nakunze kandi nzahora nkunda kuba umwWe e mu bagize Ikipe y’Igihugu.”
Yangeyeho ko “Natanze ibyo nari mfite byose, nta kindi nsigaranye cyo gutanga. Ikindi kandi hari abakinnyi beza cyane bakiri bato bari kuzamuka kandi bakwiye umwanya wabo.”
Messi asize amateka akomeye muri Argentina
Messi asezeye mu Ikipe y’Igihugu nyuma yo kuyikinira imikino 207, akaba ari we mukinnyi wayikiniye imikino myinshi kurusha abandi. Ni na we uyoboye abatsinze ibitego byinshi muri Argentina, aho amaze gutsinda ibitego 125.
Yatangiye kuyobora Argentina nka kapiteni mu 2011, ndetse mu 2022 ayifasha kwegukana Igikombe cy’Isi ku nshuro ya mbere mu mateka ye.
Mu gikombe cy’Isi cya 2022 cyabereye muri Qatar, Messi yatsinze ibitego birindwi, afasha Argentina kwegukana igikombe yari imaze imyaka 36 itegereje.
Messi kandi yafashije Argentina kwegukana Copa América inshuro ebyiri, mu 2021 na 2024. Yegukanye kandi igihembo cy’umukinnyi witwaye neza kurusha abandi mu gikombe cy’Isi, Golden Ball, inshuro ebyiri; mu 2014 no mu 2022.
Mu gikombe cy’Isi cya 2026, Messi yatsinze ibitego umunani anatanga imipira ine yavuyemo ibitego, arangiza ku mwanya wa kabiri mu batsinze ibitego byinshi nyuma ya Kylian Mbappé. Yahawe kandi Silver Ball, nyuma ya Rodri wa Espagne wegukanye Golden Ball.
Messi kandi yanditse amateka ubwo yabaga umukinnyi watsinze ibitego byinshi mu mateka y’Igikombe cy’Isi, nyuma yo kurenza Miroslav Klose wari ufite ibitego 16. Icyakora, Mbappé yahise amusiga nyuma yo gutsinda ibitego bibiri mu mukino wo guhatanira umwanya wa gatatu, bimuha ibitego 22 mu gikombe cy’Isi.
Urugendo rwe rurakomeza muri Inter Miami
Nubwo asezeye mu Ikipe y’Igihugu, Messi ntarahagarika gukina umupira w’amaguru. Akomeje gukinira Inter Miami yo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, aho afite amasezerano azageza mu myaka ibiri iri imbere.
Mu 2024, Messi yari yavuze ko atazasezera ku mupira w’amaguru kugeza igihe azumva ko atagishoboye kwitwara neza, atagishimishwa no gukina cyangwa atagishoboye gufasha bagenzi be.
Mu butumwa bwe bwo gusezera, Messi yashimiye umuryango we, abatoza, bagenzi be bakinanye ndetse n’abayobozi bose bagize uruhare mu rugendo rwe rw’imyaka 20 mu Ikipe y’Igihugu.
Ati: “Ndabashimira urukundo mwangiriye muri iyi myaka 20. Nzabura cyane kubumva ndi ku kibuga. Ubu nzaba ndi umwe muri mwe, nzahora nishimira Argentina kandi nyishyigikire, haba mu bihe byiza cyangwa ibihe bikomeye.”
Yasoje agira ati: “Ndashimira Imana kuba yarangize Umunya-Argentina. Vamos Argentina!”
Messi yari yaranditse ubu butumwa ku wa 21 Nyakanga, iminsi ibiri nyuma y’umukino wa nyuma, ariko yavuze ko nyuma y’urupfu rwa se, Jorge Messi, wapfuye ku itariki ya 8 Kanama afite imyaka 68, yarushijeho kumva ko icyemezo cyo gusezera ari cyo gikwiye.
Lionel Messi yasezeye mu Ikipe y’Igihugu ya Argentina nyuma y’imyaka 20
Messi yatangaje ko atazongera gukinira ikipe y'Igihugu ya Argentina yari amazemo imyaka 20