Pakistan, Sept. 17 -- Lionel Messi has been called up by Argentina to make a farewell appearance in a home friendly in October following his international retirement, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) confirmed on Tuesday. "We invited the best player in the world to play, the icon of our selection, our captain Lionel Andres Messi, to have a deserved farewell on October 6, here in Argentina," AFA President Claudio Tapia said on social media. Argentina will play three home friendlies during the September 21-October 6 FIFA international window, their first matches since the World Cup. They will take on Benin in Buenos Aires' Monumental Stadium on October 6, where Messi, who announced his retirement from international football last mon...