Travelling story
Messi's farewell from Argentina national team
First seen in Netherlands’ press on 6 October 2026. Carried by 29 presses over 2 days, 171 articles in all; the busiest day was 7 October 2026 with 135 articles.
Ended — carried by the press of 29 countries between 6 October 2026 and 7 October 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 135 articles · 29 presses so far
new: Belgium (8), Switzerland (6), Hungary (5), Serbia (5), Nigeria (4), Turkey (4), United Kingdom (4), Germany (3), Italy (3), Poland (3), Austria (2), Bangladesh (2), Portugal (2), South Korea (2), Sweden (2), Uruguay (2)
- 36 articles · 13 presses so far
new: Netherlands (7), Argentina (5), Bolivia (3), Panama (3), Brazil (2), Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), Guatemala (2), Mexico (2), Peru (2), Romania (2), Senegal (2), Venezuela (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- Netherlands 25 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Argentina 21 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Brazil 17 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Romania 13 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Mexico 8 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Belgium 8 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Peru 6 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Venezuela 6 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Switzerland 6 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Hungary 5 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Serbia 5 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Ecuador 4 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Guatemala 4 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- United Kingdom 4 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Nigeria 4 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Turkey 4 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Bolivia 3 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Panama 3 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Germany 3 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Italy 3 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Poland 3 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- Colombia 2 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Senegal 2 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Austria 2 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- Romania · 7 Oct 2026 AD10S! Messi, pentru ultima dată » Și-a luat „la revedere” de la Argentina cu gol și două pase decisive, într-o noapte copleșitoare pe „El Monumental” ↗
- Netherlands · 7 Oct 2026 Een lach, een traan, twee assists en ook nog een goal maken het monumentale afscheid van Lionel Messi als Argentijns international compleet: ’Voor altijd in ons ↗
- Argentina · 7 Oct 2026 Las fotos de la emotiva despedida de Messi de la Selección argentina ↗
- Brazil · 7 Oct 2026 Em lágrimas, Messi e argentinos se despedem da camisa 10 ↗
- Panama · 6 Oct 2026 Lionel Messi despedida| Argentina vs Benín: previa de un partido que promete quedar para la historia ↗
- Bolivia · 6 Oct 2026 El último baile de Messi: Argentina prepara una despedida inolvidable en el Monumental ↗
- Argentina · 6 Oct 2026 A qué hora juega Argentina vs Benín en Perú: partido de despedida de Lionel Messi con su selección por fecha FIFA 2026 ↗
- Netherlands · 6 Oct 2026 Trots en tranen in Argentinië voor afscheidsduel Lionel Messi: ‘Ik houd het niet droog, dat weet ik zeker' ↗
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