MADRID, Spain—Lionel Messi began crying before he even started speaking. The “most difficult” moment of his career had arrived and he wasn’t ready for it.
It was time to say goodbye to Barcelona after more than two decades with the Catalan club.
Lionel Messi cries at the start of a press conference at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on Aug. 8, 2021. Joan Monfort/AP Photo
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