Lionel Messi will play his last match for Argentina on Tuesday.

It is a friendly against Benin in Buenos Aires.

People call it “The Night That No One Wants to End.”

It will be his last game for his country.

Messi is 39 years old.

He said he will stop playing for Argentina.

He said this after Argentina lost the World Cup final to Spain in July.

He said the time had come.

The Argentine Football Association asked him to play one more time.

They called it “the farewell he deserves.”

Many fans will come to Estadio Monumental.

The AFA said the match will “transcend sports.”

They said it will be “full of emotion.”

Messi posted pictures of himself with the national team.

He also posted pictures of his last training sessions.

He wrote that these were special moments.

He knows he will miss them.

Argentina lost the July final 1-0 in New Jersey.

They did not win two World Cups in a row.

Messi led Argentina to the title in Qatar four years earlier.

He was like Diego Maradona.

Messi played 207 games for Argentina.

He retires as its top scorer of all time with 125 goals.

He scored 21 of them at World Cups.

He played in six World Cups.

This ties the record with Cristiano Ronaldo.

He stopped playing for Argentina for a short time in 2016.

Then he won Copa Américas in 2021 and 2024.

He also won the 2022 World Cup.

He still plays for Inter Miami.

He recently won the Campeones Cup there.

It is his fourth trophy with the club.