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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23370475" data-attributes="member: 158020"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" />Iniesta retirement: Spain star calls time on international career after penalty heartbreak<img src="https://i.imgur.com/mcrHWXr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Andres Iniesta has announced that he will retire from international football  after seeing Spain crash out of the World Cup at the hands of Russia.Iniesta started Sunday's last-16 game on the bench as coach Fernando Hierro opted to rest the Barcelona legend. But, with Spain failing to break down a determined Russia backline,  Iniesta was drafted in after 67 minutes and subsequently converted his  penalty in the shoot-out after a 1-1 draw. Koke and Iago Aspas then both failed in the shoot-out, marking a disappointing end to the midfielder's glorious Spain career."It's a reality that this is my last game with the national team,  on a wonderful stage," Iniesta told reporters after the defeat. "A marvellous spell is over. Sometimes the end is not as you dreamed it. "The national team will continue to be successful because of the level of players we have and that is what they should try." Julen Lopetegui's dismissal on the eve of the tournament undoubtedly  unsettled Spain, but Iniesta insisted the players have no excuse for not  overcoming the hosts. "It would be an advantage to say that Lopetegui's thing has to do  with the result, in the end those of us who have the ball are the  players," he continued."The main culprits in football are the players that are the ones on the field." Iniesta played a total of 131 times for Spain, scoring on 13 occasions in national team colours .His place in Roja folklore was assured in 2010 upon hitting the  winning goal in the World Cup final against Netherlands, while he also  lifted European Championship titles in 2008 and 2012.</blockquote>

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