On Saturday Leo Messi suffered one of the bitterest blows of his career, losing a final with Argentina for the second time in the space of a year. To add insult to injury, the knives soon came out for him in the Argentinian press, with some particularly harsh critics barely stopping short of placing all the blame for the defeat on his shoulders.
Hurt, Messi holed himself up with his family in Rosario to try to forget his Copa América heartbreak. It wasn't long before the rumour mill started churning stuff out, though: on Tuesday the newspaper Olé claimed that the star was considering taking a break from playing for his country.
Messi's camp has roundly denied this speculation: "It's bullsh*it being spread by media outlets that do nothing but make things up", sources close to the Barça forward told MARCA. Despite his distress, Messi feels that quitting playing for Argentina would be bowing to the critics. What's more, he believes that his detractors are a particularly vocal minority, but that he has the backing of most fans. He is convinced that this storm will blow over, just like what happened after the World Cup in Brazil.
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