How Messi's decade of dominance almost never happened
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Lionel Messi scored eight goals and registered four assists at the 2026 World Cup "I've given it my all, I have nothing left to give."
莱昂内尔·梅西 (Lionel Messi) 在 2026 年世界杯上攻入 8 粒进球并贡献 4 次助攻 “我已经付出了我的一切，我已经没有什么可以给予的了。”
Lionel Messi retired from international football on Monday as Argentina's all-time leading scorer and most-capped player.
莱昂内尔·梅西周一从国际足坛退役，他是阿根廷历史上的最佳射手和出场次数最多的球员。
He captained them to World Cup glory at Qatar 2022 and to Copa America triumphs in 2021 and 2024. But the world was almost denied his most successful period in the famous blue and white shirt.
他带领球队夺得 2022 年卡塔尔世界杯冠军，并在 2021 年和 2024 年夺得美洲杯冠军。 但全世界几乎都否认了他最成功的时期穿着著名的蓝白球衣。
On Sunday, 26 June 2016, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Messi broke the hearts of a nation.
2016 年 6 月 26 日星期日，在新泽西州大都会人寿体育场，梅西伤透了整个国家的心。
Just two days after his 29th birthday and soon after missing a penalty in Argentina's Copa America final loss to Chile in a shootout, Messi decided he had seen enough.
就在他 29 岁生日两天后，以及在阿根廷美洲杯决赛点球大战中输给智利的比赛中错失点球后不久，梅西认为他已经看够了。
After 113 appearances, he was adamant.
出场 113 次后，他态度坚定。
In his mind, he would never pull on an Argentina shirt again. "For me, the national team is over.
在他看来，他再也不会穿上阿根廷球衣了。 “对我来说，国家队比赛已经结束了。
I've done all I can. It hurts not to be a champion," he said. The pain was understandable.
我已经尽力了。 没有成为冠军很痛苦，”他说。 痛苦是可以理解的。
Argentina had lost in the 2014 World Cup final, plus Copa America finals in 2007, 2015 and now 2016. The player many classed as the world's greatest had failed when it mattered most for him. "It was the thing I wanted the most, but I couldn't get it, so I think it's over," Messi said, fighting back tears after another trophy chance slipped away.
阿根廷在2014年世界杯决赛中失利，再加上2007年、2015年和现在的2016年美洲杯决赛。 这位被许多人评为世界上最伟大球员的球员在对他来说最重要的时候却失败了。 “这是我最想要的东西，但我无法得到它，所以我认为一切都结束了，”梅西在又一次失去奖杯的机会后强忍着泪水说道。
"I think this is best for everyone." Fortunately for Argentina, Messi would have second thoughts.
“我认为这对每个人来说都是最好的。” 对于阿根廷来说幸运的是，梅西会重新考虑。
Over the subsequent 10 years, he completed one of football's greatest ever stories.
在接下来的十年里，他完成了足球史上最伟大的故事之一。
But it was a decade of dominance that almost never happened. Since that retirement U-turn, Messi has played a further 94 times and scored another 70 goals for Argentina.
但这十年的统治地位几乎从未发生过。 自从退役之后，梅西又为阿根廷队出场94次，攻入70球。
He has lifted four major trophies. The six-week period between his June 2016 retirement declaration and the 12 August announcement he would play on for the "love of the country" could be considered the most significant in Argentine football history - even in world football.
他已经举起了四座重要奖杯。 从他 2016 年 6 月宣布退役到 8 月 12 日宣布他将为“爱国”而效力的六周时间可以被认为是阿根廷足球历史上最重要的时期，甚至在世界足坛也是如此。
Does Messi have the greatest international career?
梅西有最伟大的国家队生涯吗？
Messi retires from Argentina duty with 'nothing left to give' Goals, records, tears ...
梅西从阿根廷国家队退役，“没有什么可奉献的” 进球、纪录、泪水……
Messi's most iconic moments Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi both won one World Cup with Argentina As Messi departs the international stage, words of criticism 10 years ago from the country's other legendary number 10 seem almost laughable.
梅西最具标志性的时刻 迭戈·马拉多纳和莱昂内尔·梅西都曾随阿根廷队夺得过一次世界杯冠军 随着梅西离开国际舞台，十年前来自该国另一位传奇10号球员的批评言论似乎几乎可笑。
"He's a really good person, but he has no personality," Diego Maradona said just weeks before Messi's first retirement. "He lacks the character to be a leader."
“他是一个非常好的人，但他没有个性，”迭戈·马拉多纳在梅西第一次退役前几周说道。 “他缺乏领导者的品质。”
Back then it was the comparison with Maradona that was held against him.
当时，与马拉多纳的比较对他不利。
Yet Messi had already won eight La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues with Barcelona and was a five-time Ballon d'Or winner, and not yet 30.
然而，梅西已经随巴塞罗那赢得了八次西甲冠军和四次欧冠冠军，并且五次获得金球奖，但还不到 30 次。
Maradona's club career hadn't come close, but Messi's only major international honour had been Olympic gold at the 2008 Games. Maradona had almost single-handedly won the 1986 World Cup for Argentina.
马拉多纳的俱乐部生涯还没有接近，但梅西唯一的重大国际荣誉是 2008 年奥运会的奥运会金牌。 马拉多纳几乎凭借一己之力为阿根廷队赢得了1986年世界杯冠军。
It's hard to imagine it now, with Messi shirts dominating the last two World Cups, the Argentina team being built completely around him and the nation's fans worshipping him to an almost religious extent – but, back then, there was a lot of criticism. "He's not as good as Diego", "he goes missing on the big occasion", "he is part of the country's failure".
现在很难想象，梅西球衣主宰了过去两届世界杯，阿根廷队完全围绕着他组建，全国球迷对他的崇拜几乎达到了宗教般的程度——但当时，有很多批评。 “他不如迭戈”，“他在重大场合失踪”，“他是国家失败的一部分”。
All accusations that were thrown in his direction. This wasn't the first time Messi had considered walking away either.
所有的指控都是针对他的。 这也不是梅西第一次考虑离开。
Spanish football expert – and Messi biographer – Guillem Balague said: "Leo goes really down when he loses.
西班牙足球专家兼梅西传记作者吉列姆·巴拉格表示：“当莱奥输球时，他的情绪会非常低落。
He felt the pressure of being the captain of Argentina and the Maradona thing. "Pecho Frio, people in Argentina called him, which means cold chest.
他感受到了作为阿根廷队长和马拉多纳的压力。 “阿根廷人称他为“Pecho Frio”，意思是“胸口冰冷”。
It was an insult to say he had milk in his veins.
说他血管里流着牛奶是一种侮辱。
So when he failed in 2016 at the Copa America, that was the third time – the first time in public – he had decided to leave the national side. "The two previous ones was a matter of letting him lick his wounds, but this one he came out and said I've had enough.
因此，当他在2016年美洲杯失利时，那是他第三次——第一次公开——决定离开国家队。 “前两次都是让他舔伤口，但这一次他却出来说我受够了。
He sometimes cannot help himself as he says what he thinks." The Maradona versus Messi debate is now surely over. Messi is Argentina's greatest, by most judgements.
有时他会情不自禁地说出自己的想法。” 马拉多纳与梅西的争论现在肯定已经结束了。 从大多数判断来看，梅西是阿根廷最伟大的球员。
There are many who will say he is challenging Pele for the title of football's greatest ever. Messi becomes men's all-time leading World Cup scorer Even people who criticised Messi eventually said sorry.
很多人会说他正在挑战贝利，争夺足球史上最伟大的称号。 梅西成为世界杯男子历史最佳射手 就连批评梅西的人最终也表示抱歉。
From the moment Messi quit his country, shockwaves reverberated around Argentina. Yes, he had lost in four successive finals. But he was also the country's record goalscorer and the world's best player.
从梅西离开祖国的那一刻起，冲击波就在阿根廷各地回响。 是的，他已经连续四次决赛失利了。 但他也是该国的进球纪录保持者和世界最佳球员。
The 'Get Messi back' campaign started immediately as team-mates called for him to change his mind just minutes after his announcement.
“让梅西回来”的活动立即开始，队友们在他宣布这一消息后几分钟就呼吁他改变主意。
"I can't imagine a national team without Messi," said goalkeeper Sergio Romero.
“我无法想象没有梅西的国家队，”门将塞尔吉奥·罗梅罗说。
The social hashtag #NoTeVayasMessi (Don't go Messi) was used more than 20,000 times within 24 hours.
社交标签#NoTeVayasMessi（别走梅西）在 24 小时内被使用超过 20,000 次。
By that time, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri had already spoken with Messi over the phone to try to convince the Barcelona star to reconsider. "I told him not to pay any attention to the comments being made because, in truth, we are very happy" with the job he has done," Macri told journalists at the time.
当时，阿根廷总统毛里西奥·马克里已经与梅西通了电话，试图说服这位巴塞罗那球星重新考虑。 马克里当时对记者说：“我告诉他不要关注外界的评论，因为事实上，我们对他所做的工作感到非常满意。”
Less than a day later, the mayor of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, had unveiled a statue in Messi's honour and called on the public to show him their love.
不到一天后，布宜诺斯艾利斯市长奥拉西奥·罗德里格斯·拉雷塔为梅西的雕像揭幕，并呼吁公众向他表达爱意。
"As a football fan, Leo, I am asking you to please reconsider your decision," the mayor said.
“作为一名足球迷，利奥，我请求你重新考虑你的决定，”市长说。
Thousands of fans gathered in central Buenos Aires, while street signs throughout the capital displayed implored Messi to play on for Argentina.
数千名球迷聚集在布宜诺斯艾利斯市中心，首都各地的街道上都挂着恳求梅西为阿根廷队效力的标语。
Maradona stated Messi had to stay to take the team to the 2018 World Cup.
马拉多纳表示梅西必须留下来带领球队参加2018年世界杯。
Messi retires with 125 goals in 207 appearances for Argentina Edgardo Bauza became Argentina coach in August 2016, replacing Gerardo Martino after the Copa America failure.
梅西为阿根廷队出场 207 次，攻入 125 粒进球，退役 埃德加多·鲍扎于 2016 年 8 月接替赫拉尔多·马蒂诺，成为阿根廷队主教练。
He lasted just eight months – but maybe his first few days were his most important.
他只坚持了八个月——但也许他最初的几天是最重要的。
The first thing he did was travel to Barcelona to persuade Messi to change his mind.
他做的第一件事就是前往巴塞罗那说服梅西改变主意。
The huge clamour for Messi to return proved irresistible.
事实证明，要求梅西回归的强烈呼声是不可抗拒的。
"I love this country and this shirt too much," Messi said as he returned to the international fold.
“我太爱这个国家和这件球衣了，”梅西在重返国家队时说道。
"I'm grateful to all the people who wanted me to continue playing with Argentina.
“我感谢所有希望我继续为阿根廷队效力的人。
Hopefully we can give them something to cheer about soon." Still, success didn't come instantly.
希望我们很快就能给他们带来一些值得欢呼的东西。” 然而，成功并不是一蹴而就的。
In 2018, Argentina fell to France in the last 16 of the World Cup and many wrote off Messi's chances of ever lifting the trophy. Quite incredibly, Messi did not win a senior international tournament until the age of 34 - and then he went on to win four in barely three years, including the 2022 Finalissima.
2018年，阿根廷队在世界杯16强中输给了法国队，很多人都认为梅西没有举起奖杯的机会。 令人难以置信的是，梅西直到 34 岁才赢得了成年国际锦标赛的冠军，然后他在短短三年内就赢得了四次冠军，其中包括 2022 年的 Finalissima。
Questions about his international future were raised after each of those triumphs, but he played on to his sixth World Cup in 2026 where he scored eight goals and registered four assists en route to Argentina's defeat by Spain in the final.
每次胜利之后，人们都会对他的国家队未来提出质疑，但他在 2026 年第六次参加世界杯，在决赛中阿根廷队输给西班牙队的过程中，他打进 8 粒进球并贡献 4 次助攻。
He was strolling through games, lacking the speed of years gone by, but somehow proving every bit as effective. The final took place in the same stadium where Messi 'retired' a decade earlier.
他在比赛中漫步，缺乏过去几年的速度，但不知何故证明每一点都是有效的。 决赛在梅西十年前“退役”的同一个体育场举行。
"When Messi retired [10 years ago] it reminded us all how much we loved him," said Argentina fan Benjamin who was in the Metlife for the 2016 showpiece final. "When I heard him retire, I cried, the country cried.
“当梅西（10 年前）退役时，这提醒了我们所有人我们有多么爱他，”在大都会人寿观看 2016 年决赛的阿根廷球迷本杰明说道。 “当我听到他退休的消息时，我哭了，整个国家都哭了。
He did get criticism but only because everyone cared so much.
他确实受到了批评，但只是因为每个人都非常关心。
Without Lionel Messi, Argentina would still be waiting for their next World Cup since 1986."
如果没有梅西，阿根廷队仍将等待 1986 年以来的下一届世界杯。”
Messi's footballing future became a matter of fresh doubt after the death of his father Jorge just three weeks after this year's World Cup final.
今年世界杯决赛后仅三周，梅西的父亲豪尔赫去世，梅西的足球未来成为一个新的疑问。
This decision seems final and, at 39, another return to international football looks unlikely.
这个决定似乎是最终决定，而 39 岁的他再次重返国际足坛似乎不太可能。
But South American football writer Tim Vickery said an official farewell in Argentina could be on the cards.
但南美足球作家蒂姆·维克里表示，阿根廷的正式告别可能是有可能的。
"Remember that, as a result of their behaviour at the World Cup, the next game Argentina play on home soil will only be in front of a crowd at 50% capacity," Vickery told BBC Radio 5 Live. "But once those punishments are out of the way, I'm sure it will be in the mind of the Argentina FA: 'Why don't we hold a game back in Buenos Aires? River Plate, they have the biggest capacity in South America.
“请记住，由于他们在世界杯上的行为，阿根廷下一场在主场举行的比赛将只能在 50% 的观众面前进行，”维克里告诉 BBC 广播 5 直播。 “但是一旦这些惩罚措施结束，我相信阿根廷足协会想到：‘为什么我们不在布宜诺斯艾利斯举行比赛呢？ River Plate，他们拥有南美洲最大的容量。
Why don't we do an official farewell there?
我们为什么不在那里正式告别呢？
What do you think about it, Lionel?
你对此有何看法，莱昂内尔？
One last time?'."
最后一次吗？”
Messi, Maradona or Pele?
梅西、马拉多纳还是贝利？
Ranking the top 10 World Cup legends
世界杯十大传奇人物排名
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