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Lionel Messi says emotional goodbye to Argentina

Rank
Ran: 47h
Updated: 1h ago
Closed
Outlets: 40
Regions: 5
Countries: 28
Languages: 15

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Merged into Lionel Messi plays final match for Argentina national team

The Independent United Kingdom · English 6 Oct, 18:32 UTC

The earliest of 10 English reports

Read it also in Español (6) · +13 languages

Read at The Independent

How it spread

Outlets, by hours since the first article

First outlet: Het Laatste Nieuws, 5 Oct, 05:25 UTC.
Second country: Netherlands, with RTL Nieuws.
Second region: Americas, with Semana.
Fastest hour: +7 outlets from 7 Oct, 03:35 UTC.
Last article: 40 outlets.

Where it travelled

The 28 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. Open the live map

The regions

13%15%20%40%12%

Africa 5 outlets · 4 countries · 13%
Americas 6 outlets · 5 countries · 15%
Asia-Pacific 8 outlets · 7 countries · 20%
Europe 16 outlets · 9 countries · 40%
Middle East 5 outlets · 3 countries · 12%

First movers

Het Laatste Nieuws 5 Oct, 05:25 UTC
Le Soir +35h 25m
RTL Nieuws +35h 43m
Semana +35h 54m
El Comercio +35h 54m

Last to join

IRNA (fa) 7 Oct, 05:22 UTC
Iltalehti 7 Oct, 05:11 UTC
ARY News 7 Oct, 04:38 UTC
G4Media 7 Oct, 04:32 UTC
The Indian Express 7 Oct, 04:31 UTC

The figures

Coverage: 40 outlets in 28 countries, across 5 regions. The article links last a week past the story’s last article; the outlet list is permanent. Of the 40 outlets, 4 state-owned, 4 public-service, 32 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region: Africa 4: Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia. Americas 5: Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru. Asia-Pacific 7: India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam. Europe 9: Belgium, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, United Kingdom. Middle East 3: Iran, Qatar, Turkey. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages: Arabic, German, English, Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese.
Timeline: Earliest article Het Laatste Nieuws, 5 Oct 2026, 05:25 UTC. First seen 5 Oct 2026, 05:30 UTC. Last seen 7 Oct 2026, 05:22 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification: Region Americas, Argentina. Topic Sport. Hard news Judged not hard news. Left off the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score: 14.04, as of now. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Chain: Continued by اشک لیونل مسی در اتوبوس آرژانتین پیش از آغاز بازی خداحافظی از تیم ملی مقابل بنین. Merged into Lionel Messi plays final match for Argentina national team. A story continues another when it resembled it as it began, past that story’s own 48-hour box. A story merged from several was grouped from stories about the same event; each keeps its own headline and page, and the whole story counts every outlet and country once.

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How this was measured

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Started 5 Oct, 05:30 UTC · Updated 7 Oct, 05:22 UTC · Final figures at midnight UTC

Covered by 40 outlets

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Africa 5 outlets

Punch Nigeria 7 Oct, 03:50 UTC
Messi bows out with goal, two assists as Argentina beat Benin 3-0
Citizen Digital Kenya 7 Oct, 03:35 UTC
Emotion, tears as Messi retires from Argentina national team
PressAfrik Senegal 7 Oct, 01:54 UTC
Retraite internationale : Messi s’en va sur une victoire et un 126e but avec l’Argentine
+1 more articleHide 1 more article
- « Je pars en paix » : l’émouvant message d’adieu de Lionel Messi avant son dernier match avec l’Argentine 6 Oct, 19:45 UTC
Seneweb Senegal 6 Oct, 20:19 UTC
“Merci de m’avoir tant aimé”: Lionel Messi fait ses adieux à l’Argentine dans une vidéo émouvante
Mosaïque FM Tunisia 6 Oct, 18:00 UTC
ميسي والأرجنتين في ليلة الوداع.. الفصل الأخير من أسطورة كروية لا تُنسى

Americas 6 outlets

Semana Colombia 7 Oct, 02:37 UTC
“No me quiero ir”: El mensaje de Messi en su despedida de la Selección Argentina tras el emotivo show de Soledad
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- El adiós de Messi: este será el artista que dará el show en el último partido del astro con Argentina 6 Oct, 17:19 UTC
Infobae Argentina 7 Oct, 01:46 UTC
Argentina se rinde ante Messi: homenajes, lágrimas y un último grito de gol
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- Milei saluda a Messi por su despedida de la selección: "Gracias por toda la magia" 6 Oct, 22:45 UTC
Clarín Argentina 7 Oct, 01:45 UTC
La emoción de los famosos por la despedida de Lionel Messi en la Selección Argentina
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- "Messi es imposible": el saludo de Javier Milei al capitán de la Selección antes del partido despedida 6 Oct, 21:23 UTC
Reforma Mexico 7 Oct, 01:33 UTC
Se despide Messi con un gol y asistencias
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- Al momento: La despedida de Messi con Argentina 6 Oct, 23:13 UTC
Prensa Libre Guatemala 6 Oct, 22:55 UTC
“Gracias a la vida”: los emotivos videos a Lionel Messi por su partido de despedida con Argentina
El Comercio Peru 6 Oct, 17:20 UTC
Cuál fue el último mensaje de Lionel Messi antes de retirarse de la Selección Argentina

Asia-Pacific 8 outlets

Europe 16 outlets

Iltalehti Finland 7 Oct, 05:11 UTC
Lionel Messi jätti tunteikkaat jäähyväiset – Katso kuvat
G4Media Romania 7 Oct, 04:32 UTC
Mesajul lui Lionel Messi la ultimul meci pentru naționala Argentinei: ”Primul lucru la care mă gândesc este tatăl meu”
Het Laatste Nieuws Belgium 7 Oct, 04:14 UTC
Lionel Messi emotioneel na laatste wedstrijd in Argentijns shirt: “Niet normaal wat we samen hebben meegemaakt”
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Le Soir Belgium 7 Oct, 04:05 UTC
« Cela a été une très grande fierté » : en larmes, Lionel Messi fait ses adieux à l’Argentine (photos)
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- « Ce maillot était ma vie » : Lionel Messi fait ses adieux à l’Argentine dans une vidéo bouleversante 6 Oct, 16:50 UTC
VRT NWS Belgium 7 Oct, 03:38 UTC
85.000 uitzinnige Argentijnen zien Messi laatste keer scoren: "Blij deze droom met jullie vervuld te hebben"
The Independent United Kingdom 7 Oct, 03:37 UTC
Photos of Messi playing his last game with Argentina
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- Argentina bids Messi farewell in final national team match, ending an era 6 Oct, 18:32 UTC
RTP Portugal 7 Oct, 03:20 UTC
3h Lionel Messi despede-se da seleção argentina com último golo no jogo com o Benim
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- 01h Messi despede-se da seleção argentina, em jogo particular com a seleção do Benim 7 Oct, 00:40 UTC
- Adeus de Messi. Seleção argentina homenageia "o melhor de todos" 6 Oct, 20:30 UTC
Kommersant Russia 7 Oct, 03:11 UTC
Месси забил гол в последнем матче за сборную Аргентины
Deutsche Welle Germany 7 Oct, 02:35 UTC
Football: Lionel Messi plays final game for Argentina
Observador Portugal 7 Oct, 02:14 UTC
3h. Leonel Messi despede-se da seleção argetina
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- A homenagem a Messi no jogo de despedida da seleção 6 Oct, 17:51 UTC
NRK Norway 7 Oct, 01:40 UTC
Messi tok farvel med landslaget
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- Messi tok farvel med landslaget i Argentina 7 Oct, 01:40 UTC
Interfax Russia 7 Oct, 01:40 UTC
Прощальный матч Месси завершился победой Аргентины над Бенином
Sky News United Kingdom 7 Oct, 01:17 UTC
Messi scores in emotional farewell game for Argentina
Die Zeit Germany 7 Oct, 00:29 UTC
Letztes Spiel in Nationalelf: Große Emotionen bei «Messis letztem Tango» für Argentinien
NU.nl Netherlands 7 Oct, 00:20 UTC
Video | Messi vecht tegen de tranen bij volkslied voor laatste interland
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- Video | Messi bedankt Argentijnen in emotionele afscheidsvideo 6 Oct, 19:54 UTC
RTL Nieuws Netherlands 6 Oct, 17:08 UTC
Messi neemt afscheid van Argentinië: 'Het moment is gekomen'

Middle East 5 outlets

IRNA (fa) Iran 7 Oct, 05:22 UTC
آخرین جادوی مسی؛ خداحافظی باشکوه یک افسانه
Khabar Online Iran 7 Oct, 04:07 UTC
پایان افسانه لیونل مسی در آرژانتین؛ خداحافظ نابغه دوست‌داشتنی
Al Jazeera Qatar 7 Oct, 03:03 UTC
Lionel Messi plays final Argentina game to roaring Buenos Aires farewell
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- Fans flood Buenos Aires ahead of Messi’s final international match 6 Oct, 22:07 UTC
Etemad Iran 6 Oct, 18:14 UTC
ساعت بازی خداحافظی لیونل مسی از تیم ملی آرژانتین
Sözcü Turkey 6 Oct, 17:45 UTC
Messi hayranlığı bambaşka bir seviye! Saçlarına logosunu kazıttı