When is Lionel Messi's final Argentina game? Opponent, date, kickoff time, venue

By Ben Sully | 02 Oct 2026 00:18, Last updated: 02 Oct 2026 00:32

Argentina are acceptable to participate a caller epoch aft their greatest-ever player, Lionel Messi, announced his retirement from planetary football.

The 39-year-old announced past period that helium had "nothing near to give" pursuing his country's World Cup last decision to Spain connected July 19.

Messi starred successful a remarkably palmy play for the nationalist team, which included a triumphant 2022 World Cup run and Copa America glory successful 2021 and 2024.

While helium has already played his past competitory planetary match, Messi volition don the iconic bluish and achromatic garment 1 last clip successful a farewell fixture that is definite to beryllium afloat of emotion. 

Here, Sports Mole covers everything you request to cognize astir Messi's 208th and last Argentina appearance.

Who volition Messi look successful last Argentina game?

Argentina started the existent planetary model with a commanding 4-0 triumph implicit Bolivia successful an all-South American affair.

Lionel Scaloni's charges volition instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday erstwhile they instrumentality connected Burkina Faso successful Buenos Aires.

Messi volition past travel into the fold for his last Argentina outing against Benin, his 64th antithetic hostile successful planetary football.

The crippled offers Messi the accidental to people against a 46th antithetic federation earlier the curtain comes down connected his glittering planetary career. 

Gernot Rohr coaches Benin and erstwhile Huddersfield Town striker Steve Mounie volition deterioration the captain's armband for the contest.

Date and kickoff clip of Messi's past planetary appearance

The crippled volition get underway astatine 8pm section clip connected Tuesday, October 6, which volition beryllium a 12am start on Wednesday, October 7 for UK viewers.

For those watching successful the USA, the crippled volition commencement astatine 7pm Eastern Time, 4pm Pacific Time, 6pm Central Time and 5pm Mountain Time. 

In Europe, the crippled volition commencement astatine 1am CEST and 2am EEST successful the aboriginal hours of October 7. 

In different large cities astir the world, the contention volition instrumentality spot 8pm successful Sao Paulo and 11pm successful Accra, Dakar and Abidjan.

Elsewhere, the crippled volition commencement connected October 7 astatine 1am successful Cairo and Johannesburg, astatine 7am successful Shanghai, astatine 8am successful Tokyo and Seoul and astatine 9am successful Sydney and Melbourne

Where volition Messi's last Argentina lucifer beryllium held?

Messi's last planetary quality volition instrumentality spot astatine the iconic Estadio Monumental successful Buenos Aires.

The venue is location to Argentine giants River Plate and tin clasp conscionable implicit 85,000 spectators. 

Messi has represented his state 28 times astatine the historical stadium, scoring 19 goals and providing 11 assists crossed 22 wins and six draws.