{"id":31843,"date":"2025-09-05T21:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/charly-garcia-blesses-messi-emotional-farewell-at-the-monumental\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T21:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:35:27","slug":"charly-garcia-blesses-messi-emotional-farewell-at-the-monumental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/charly-garcia-blesses-messi-emotional-farewell-at-the-monumental\/","title":{"rendered":"Charly Garc\u00eda blesses Messi: Emotional farewell at the Monumental"},"content":{"rendered":"Buenos Aires, Argentina &#8211; September 5, 2025. The atmosphere of the Monumental stadium vibrated with mixed emotions in Argentina&#8217;s 3-0 victory over Venezuela, a key match in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. But the night transcended the sporting event, marking Lionel Messi&#8217;s first farewell to his fans.\n\nAmong the crowd of followers and personalities present, a special moment captured everyone&#8217;s attention: the encounter between the Argentine rock icon, Charly Garc\u00eda, and the captain of the &#8220;Albiceleste&#8221;.\n\nThe legendary musician, enjoying the match from a box, went down to the field after the final whistle to share an emotional moment with Messi and other players, including Rodrigo de Paul. Afterwards, outside the stadium, Garc\u00eda waited for the Rosario star.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Goodbye, God bless you.<\/p><cite>Charly Garc\u00eda<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nGarc\u00eda&#8217;s words, upon shaking Messi&#8217;s hand, quickly went viral, showing the musician&#8217;s admiration for the footballer.\n\nThe moment was immortalized in a photograph that Garcia shared on his social media, accompanied by a brief but significant message:\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thank you Leo Messi<\/a><\/p>\n\nMessi, author of two goals in the thrashing against the &#8220;Vinotinto&#8221;, expressed his emotion when saying goodbye to the Argentinian public:\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Being able to finish this way here is what I always dreamed of. Being able to celebrate with my people.<\/p><cite>Lionel Messi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe team captain also recalled the difficult moments of his career with the national team, but emphasized his satisfaction &#8220;with all the good and with the achievements obtained&#8221;.\n\nFor his part, Charly Garc\u00eda, an undisputed reference in Spanish rock and author of classics such as &#8220;Rezo por vos&#8221; and &#8220;Demoliendo hoteles&#8221;, is having a special 2025 after receiving the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Buenos Aires.\n\nThe Monumental stadium witnessed a historic night, marked by Messi&#8217;s farewell in his country and the blessing of one of the greatest icons of Argentine culture.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buenos Aires, Argentina &#8211; September 5, 2025. The atmosphere of the Monumental stadium vibrated with mixed emotions in Argentina&#8217;s 3-0 victory over Venezuela, a key match in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. But the night transcended the sporting event, marking Lionel Messi&#8217;s first farewell to his fans. Among the crowd of followers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[893,8366,1427,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-31843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-argentina","9":"tag-charly-garcia","10":"tag-messi","11":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}