周二，莱昂内尔·梅西将最后一次身披阿根廷的蓝白战袍，在能彰显其传奇地位的“纪念碑球场”中，向热情的球迷们送上一场感人至深的告别演出。
Lionel Messi will pull on Argentina’s sky blue-and-white jersey for the last time on Tuesday and enjoy an emotional farewell in front of his adoring fans in a stadium with a name to match his legacy: Monumental.
约8.5万名阿根廷球迷将亲临现场，见证这位39岁的足坛偶像在对阵贝宁的友谊赛中展现精湛球技。这场比赛也标志着他21年国际生涯的落幕。
Some 85,000 Argentina fans will be on hand to watch the 39-year-old idol perform his wizardry in a friendly against Benin that brings down the curtain on his 21-year international career.
还有数以百万计的观众将通过电视，观看这场在南美最大体育场——布宜诺斯艾利斯纪念碑球场举行的赛事。
Millions more will be following the action in South America’s largest arena, Buenos Aires’ Monumental Stadium, on television.
作为阿根廷国家队出场次数最多的球员，梅西在随队输掉世界杯决赛两个月半后决定挂靴。
The most-capped player in Argentine history is hanging up his boots two and a half months after losing the World Cup final to Spain.
“我已竭尽全力，再无更多可奉献；况且，如今有许多优秀的年轻球员值得获得机会。”今年8月宣布退出国家队时，梅西这样写道。
“I gave it my all; I have nothing left to give, and besides, there are great young players coming up who deserve their chance,” Messi wrote when announcing his international retirement in August.
周一，他在位于布宜诺斯艾利斯埃塞萨区的以自己名字命名的训练基地完成了最后一次国家队训练。
On Monday, he took part in his last training session with the team at the complex that bears his name in the Buenos Aires suburb of Ezeiza.
“再没有比这更好的告别方式了，”特意请假前来观看偶像训练的零售店员纳乌埃尔·涅瓦说道。
“You can’t ask for more, that’s it,” Nahuel Nieva, a retail worker who took the day off work to watch his hero train, said.
目前梅西与迈阿密国际的合同仍至2028年才到期。不过两个月前父亲豪尔赫去世后，他曾透露自己可能会比预期更早彻底退役。
Messi remains under contract with Inter Miami until 2028, although following the death of his father, Jorge, two months ago, he revealed he may hang up his boots for good sooner than anticipated.
为了向这位公认的足坛史上最伟大球员之一送行，各方都倾尽全力。曾在卡塔尔世界杯上与他并肩登顶的队友们也将悉数登场，包括后卫克里斯蒂安·罗梅罗、中场亚历克西斯·麦克阿利斯特与恩佐·费尔南德斯，以及前锋胡利安·阿尔瓦雷斯和劳塔罗·马丁内斯——他们日后将肩负起阿根廷队的重任。比赛结束后，队长袖标也将正式移交至罗梅罗手中。
No effort has been spared for the send-off of a player considered one of the game’s greatest ever. Several of the teammates with whom he reached football’s pinnacle in Qatar, and who will lead the post-Messi team, will play in the game, including defender Cristian Romero, midfielders Alexis Mac Allister and Enzo Fernandez, and forwards Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez. After the game the captain’s armband will pass to Romero.
主教练莱昂内尔·斯卡洛尼誓言要努力填补这位核心领袖留下的“空缺”。而从这些年轻球员的表现来看，未来前景一片光明——其中不少人甚至在2005年梅西首次代表国家队出场时还未出生。
Coach Lionel Scaloni has vowed to try to fill the “void” left by his talismanic captain and the signs from the next generation, some of whom weren’t even alive when Messi debuted with the team in 2005, are auspicious.
周三，阿根廷队在科尔多瓦举行的一场友谊赛中以4-0击败玻利维亚队，这是自上周世界杯决赛以来的首场比赛，除了梅西之外，阿根廷队周三在纪念体育场绕着布基纳法索跑了一圈。
In their first games since the World Cup final last week, minus Messi, Argentina thrashed Bolivia 4-0 in a friendly in Cordoba on Wednesday before running rings around Burkina Faso on Saturday at Monumental stadium.
佛朗哥·马斯坦托诺和吉安卢卡·普雷斯蒂亚尼是阿根廷队最耀眼的新希望，他们在对阵布基纳法索的比赛中以7-0的比分攻入了他们的首个国际比赛进球。
Franco Mastantuono and Gianluca Prestianni, two of Argentina’s brightest new hopes, both scored their first international goals against Burkina Faso in a 7-0 romp.
这一结果帮助消除了世界杯决赛失利的阴霾，当时阿根廷队和明显疲惫的梅西被西班牙队击败，并采取了凶残的战术，许多球员受到了禁赛和罚款的惩罚。
The results helped lift the gloom of the defeat in the World Cup final when Argentina and a visibly tired Messi were outplayed by Spain and resorted to thuggish tactics which have been punished with bans and fines for a number of players.
梅西不仅是阿根廷队出场纪录的创造者，也是阿根廷队的头号射手，他在207场比赛中打进125球，助攻创纪录。
Messi is not only Argentina’s record appearance-maker but also its leading scorer with 125 goals in 207 games, as well as a record 68 assists.
(The跳蚤）于2022年结束了在卡塔尔举行的36年世界杯荒，赢得了阿根廷人永恒的感激之情，并奠定了他作为迭戈·马拉多纳合法继承人的地位。
(The Flea) won the eternal gratitude of Argentines – and sealed his place as rightful heir to Diego Maradona – in 2022 when he ended their 36-year World Cup drought in Qatar.
在他效力国家队期间，阿根廷队还获得了2005年世界青年冠军、2008年23岁以下奥运会冠军，并在2021年和2024年赢得了美洲杯。他们还赢得了2022年Finalissima，这是南美冠军和欧洲冠军之间的比赛。
During his time with the national team, Argentina were also crowned 2005 World Youth Champions, 2008 under-23 Olympic champions and they won the Copa America in 2021 and 2024. They also won the 2022 Finalissima, a match between the champions of South America and Europe.
但一路上也有泪水，特别是在阿根廷在2014年巴西世界杯决赛中输给德国、在今年的决赛中输给西班牙以及在2016年美洲杯决赛中输给智利之后。
But there were tears along the way too, notably after Argentina’s defeat by Germany in the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil, their loss to Spain in this year’s final and their shock humiliation by Chile in the 2016 Copa America final.
然而，有一个细节仍不清楚：谁将继承梅西令人垂涎的10号球衣？
One detail remains unclear, however: who will inherit Messi’s coveted number 10 jersey?
“在利奥的比赛之前，我们不会把数字10交给任何人，”斯卡洛尼说。“之后我们拭目以待。”援引法新社
“Until Leo’s game, we won’t give the number 10 to anyone,” Scaloni said. “After that, we’ll see.”