A goal, two assists and a tenth-minute pause: Messi's Argentina goodbye on Premier Sports

The highlights of Argentina 3-0 Benin led a whole run of farewell clips, with the post-match speech close behind.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 128,511 views a day, 73 times a normal first day on this channel (1,762).

HIGHLIGHTS | Argentina 3-0 Benin | Messi says his international farewell with a goal and two assists

Premier Sports posted the highlights of Argentina 3-0 Benin, an international friendly that turned out to be Lionel Messi's last game for his country. The title gives away the outline of his night: one goal and two assists.

Each assist came with its own small story. The first set up Nicolás Otamendi for the opening goal, and the veteran center-back, part of the side that won the 2022 World Cup, was also playing his final international. The second found Nico Paz for a curling left-footer. The channel's separate clip of that goal wonders whether Argentina's No. 10 was handing the shirt to its next owner. Messi then scored himself, a goal the channel counts as his 126th for Argentina. Before any of that, the referee stopped play in the tenth minute so the crowd at the Monumental could applaud the man forever tied to that number.

This broadcaster's British schedule leans on rugby, Scottish football and LALIGA, and its regular uploads usually open with under two thousand views on their first day. This one passed 150,000 in a little over a day. The comment section, which on an ordinary first day barely stirs, filled up too. Many viewers point out the neat pattern of the assists: one for a teammate who was also leaving, one for the player they see taking over the 10. Others praise Benin for how the visitors joined the tribute and for how well they played. Several look back a decade, to when many doubted Messi would ever win a major trophy with Argentina, before the Copa América titles and the World Cup arrived.

The highlights had company. The post-match speech and celebrations became the channel's second-busiest upload of the day, and the short clips of the goal, the tenth-minute pause and both assists followed well behind. It is the second Argentina friendly in about a week to stand out on this channel, after the Nico Paz and Lautaro Martínez reel we reported on here.

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The numbers

For a channel whose regular videos usually begin quietly, Messi's last night in an Argentina shirt opened at a very different pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

1,762

this video

128,511

subscribers

203,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

167,331,578

views per day

59,222

typical day: 107,583

the video

views

151,195

likes

1,483

comments

218

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

FILTHYFELLAS

219,000

Conner Cole

215,000

Sunderland AFC

213,000

Premier Sports

203,000

Virgin Media Sport

200,000

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186,000

As of October 8, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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