{"id":2646,"date":"2026-10-07T15:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:43:40","slug":"the-build-up-to-messis-farewell-tears-smiles-and-chants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/the-build-up-to-messis-farewell-tears-smiles-and-chants\/","title":{"rendered":"The build-up to Messi&#8217;s farewell: Tears, smiles and chants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-5.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-5-767x432.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Argentina&#8217;s team bus journey to the Monumental ahead of Lionel Messi&#8217;s final match with the &#8216;Albiceleste&#8217; brimmed with emotion, as adoring crowds mobbed the streets and packed the stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cameras from &#8216;La Nacion&#8217; captured the superstar covering his face with the palm of his right hand during the emotional journey. Moments later, he offered a thumbs-up to one of the countless groups of supporters swarming around the heavily guarded team bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the streets surrounding the stadium were packed to the brim, the atmosphere inside was just as electric. Chants honouring the iconic &#8217;10&#8217; rang out more than 45 minutes before kick-off in Argentina&#8217;s friendly against Benin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina&#8217;s team bus journey to the Monumental ah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2648,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions\/2648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}