Lionel Messi to make Argentina farewell appearance in October

[p]They will first play a game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bolivia/nXdi7mbc/"]Bolivia[/a] at the end of September, which will take place in Cordoba, while River Plate's Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires will stage the two fixtures against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/burkina-faso/bJOXzWga/"]Burkina Faso[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/benin/tKuIoRxU/"]Benin[/a] on October 3rd and 6th, respectively.[/p][p]Last month, FIFA ordered [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a] to play their next home match with capacity reduced to 50 per cent for breaches of its disciplinary code relating to using a sports event for making demonstrations of a non-sporting nature.[/p][p]After Argentina beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] 2-1 in a tense World Cup semi-final in July, several players held up a banner saying: "The Falklands are Argentine".[/p][embed guid="181ae531-4935-4d7f-b679-5694a0b4934b" url="https://x.com/AFASeleccionEN/status/2099956710173458658" social-type="twitter" /][p]The friendlies are also expected to count towards suspensions handed down after incidents following Argentina's World Cup final defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a].[/p][p]Midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paredes-leandro/lbNnSBiA/"]Leandro Paredes[/a] received a 10-match ban, while defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/molina-nahuel/M3TzoLot/"]Nahuel Molina[/a] was suspended for seven games and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/almada-thiago/CSKGShgi/"]Thiago Almada[/a] for one.[/p][p]In August, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/messi-lionel/vgOOdZbd/"]Messi[/a] announced the end of a two-decade international career that included winning the 2022 World Cup and Copa America titles in 2021 and 2024.[/p]