Lionel Messi breaks silence following Argentina’s World Cup loss: ‘The pain is immense’

Lionel Messi is finally facing the music. Following Spain’s 1-0 FIFA World Cup Final win on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium, the 39-year-old and his team ducked their media obligations and headed straight to the team bus through a back exit. On Monday, Messi addressed the crushing loss in an Instagram post that detailed the “immense” pain he is enduring in the aftermath. “The pain is immense, and it will take time for this wound to heal,” Messi wrote. “But I also hold on to all the good… The matches we turned around, giving our all, matches that will forever remain in our memories, the support of an entire country that, together with the hard work and effort of this group, led us to be, once again, among the best in the world. Today it’s hard to fully appreciate what we accomplished, b