Former England star David Beckham confirmed the most difficult moments in his life in the football world and the time when he decided to retire from football and was in a match against Argentine "flea" Messi, in the Champions League.
Beckham and his team faced Paris Saint-Germain, his opponent, Messi and Barcelona, in the Champions League quarter-finals for the 2012-2013 season, where the English star had a very short experience with Paris Saint-Germain in 2013, coming from Los Angeles, the American Galaxy, and the curtain then fell on a busy journey in Football, he played more than 840 games.
England captain Beckham FB told statements to the British newspaper "Sun" that his confrontation against Argentine Lionel Messi, in the Champions League, in 2013, was the moment that prompted him to leave football and the confrontation ended 2-2 in the go, and 1-1 in the second leg, to qualify Barcelona for the semi-finals, but the Argentine star did a lot in the two games to exhaust Beckham a lot.
Beckham said: "I decided to retire when Messi was running around and overcoming me, despite my advanced age at the time, I enjoyed the confrontation, we were excellent and we were not defeated before them."
Indeed, Beckham left football forever after the 2013 season, and his last Champions League match was against Barcelona and Messi.