Ahead of the clash between Argentina and Spain at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, The Argentine all time highest goal scorer said he his approching the world cup as his last one with the national side.

Now 30, the Barcelona star has already retired from La Albiceleste duties once before and acknowledges the importance of potentially leaving off the back of success in Russia.

"We owe a debt to ourselves, we owe the people nothing," stated Messi on Fox Sports ahead of Argentina's friendly with Spain. "We have always given the maximum. We reached three finals and it didn't happen because God didn't want for it."We go [to the World Cup] as the last chance. The last chance, and now more so than ever."There isn't another, you have to think about this World Cup as the last and try to take advantage of the chance. "After this, an important generation is going to leave and many players are going to change."