Argentina attacker Angel Di Maria revealed he was close to announcing his international retirement after the Copa America Centenario final loss.
Lionel Messi quit internationals, a decision he has since reversed, in the wake of the penalty shoot-out loss to Chile in June.
"When Messi retired, I thought about doing the same," Di Maria told TyC Sports.
"You can lose a final, but three in a row, that's something different. I thought about leaving the national team, but my wife and my father stopped me."
"I almost started therapy, but in the end I decided it was something I had to figure out by myself," he said.
"If I lose another final, that's it."
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