In the image of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, called up by the Swedish national team at age 39 and five after his last call, several figures such as Pelé or Lionel Messi returned after having distanced themselves from their national teams.

Pele

Winner of the 1958 World Cup (in Sweden) and in 1962 (in Chile), Pelé lives a nightmare at the 1966 World Cup in England, a victim of blows from his rivals and of arbitration laxism.

He then decides to focus on his club Santos and will not wear the Brazil jersey for two years.

But the '70 World Cup is approaching and the soccer artist is reunited with his team under the command of his former teammate

Mario Zagallo

.

Pelé will shine more than ever in Mexico to bring his country its third world title.

His international retirement will come a year later, in a match against Yugoslavia in Maracana.

Paul gascoigne

First called up in 1988 by

Bobby Robson

, Gascoigne will mark English football for his eccentricities but also for his tears in the 1990 World Cup semi-final in a penalty shootout loss to Germany.

Robson leaves the selection and Gascoigne is separated by his successor

Graham Taylor

.

He returns for a friendly but is injured and misses Euro-1992.

He is injured again in 1994 and is absent a year and a half.

In 1997, he helps to qualify England for the 1998 World Cup in France, but after a new scandal, Glenn Hoddle does not retain him for the tournament.

'Gazza' will not wear the English shirt again.

Zinedine Zidane

One year after the announcement of his international retirement after an elimination in the quarterfinals of Euro 2004, Zidane announces his return with Bleus.

Under the command of

Raymond Domenech

, 'Zizou' leads France to the final of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, but ends his extraordinary career with a famous header against Italian

Marco Materazzi

, which is worth sending him off.

France, who had opened the scoring with a penalty from 'ZZ', lost on penalties and the adventure with the 'Bleus' of the current Real Madrid coach ends with a bitter taste.

Ronaldinho

World champion in 2002 with Brazil, Ronaldinho is regularly called up to the national team.

Holder in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he is not called for 18 months and is not part of the initial call for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Finally he is called at the last minute as a reserve, without contesting the competition.

'Ronnie' will later be called up regularly with Brazil from 2010 to 2013.

Lionel messi

For Messi, with great achievements at Barcelona, ​​there are disappointments with Argentina, which pushed him to temporarily leave the national team.

After a defeat in the 2014 World Cup final and then in the 2015 Copa América final, he fell again in the match for the 2016 Copa América title. "The first thing that came to mind and I thought about it in the dressing room it is that it is already, the Selection is finished for me. There are already four finals, it is not for me. Unfortunately I looked for it, it was what I wanted the most, it was not given to me, but I think that it is already ", he launched on June 26, 2016, bitterly.

A phrase that fell like a slab among Argentine fans.

But this international withdrawal did not last: Messi returned to his words two months later and played the 2018 World Cup ... without much more success: elimination in the second round against France (4-3) and a new international parenthesis for the six-fold Ballon d'Or , which was on hiatus until early 2019.

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