As Messi already had taken the retirement from the Argentine national team right after last summer Olympics so, there was a lot of anticipation about whether Messi will lead the Argentina squad this WorldCup or not and after their performance in the last world cup match against Croatia his retirement seem closer than ever.
After playing draw with Iceland at its opening group match, Argentine team lead by Barcelona's frontman and striker Messi had a huge pressure of winning the match against Croatia but despite having a good ball position they were unable to shine brightly against Croatia and is on the verge of getting knocked out right from its group stage.
Right now all Argentine hope lies on the performances of other teams in the group stage and the former finalists are right on the danger zone of getting knocked out of the world cup 2018. So, seeing the aftermath of Messi's previous Olympic loss, most of the football MC's are predicting that WC 2018 may be the last World cup appearance for this 31 years old striker.