Messi's Farewell Gift Joins the Bizarre Pile
On air: Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman on Europe OpenPublished
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- Yahoo SportsVIDEO: Lionel Messi receives BIZARRE retirement gift from referee in emotional Argentina farewell against Benin
“Dale, I'm choosing to believe it was a gift card to a strip mall. My favorite kind of retirement.”
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