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Messi scores and assists twice in final Argentina appearance

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 32 64 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 6 Oct 12:16 UTC · Messi to make final Argentina appearance against Benin 6 Oct 18:14 UTC · Lionel Messi set for final Argentina appearance against Benin 7 Oct 00:12 UTC · Lionel Messi set for final Argentina appearance against Benin 7 Oct 06:32 UTC · Messi scores and assists twice in final Argentina appearance 7 Oct 12:09 UTC · Messi scores in emotional farewell as Argentina beat Benin 3-0 7 Oct 18:08 UTC · Messi scores and sets up two goals in final Argentina appearance 8 Oct 06:37 UTC · Messi ends Argentina career with goal and two assists in farewell victory 8 Oct 12:10 UTC · Messi scores and assists twice in final Argentina appearance

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 12:16 UTC

    Messi to make final Argentina appearance against Benin

  2. 6 Oct, 18:14 UTC

    Lionel Messi set for final Argentina appearance against Benin

  3. 7 Oct, 06:32 UTC

    Messi scores and assists twice in final Argentina appearance

  4. 7 Oct, 12:09 UTC

    Messi scores in emotional farewell as Argentina beat Benin 3-0

  5. 7 Oct, 18:08 UTC

    Messi scores and sets up two goals in final Argentina appearance

  6. 8 Oct, 06:37 UTC

    Messi ends Argentina career with goal and two assists in farewell victory

  7. 8 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Messi scores and assists twice in final Argentina appearance

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Lionel Messi · 17 outlets
  • Buenos Aires · 16 outlets
  • World Cup · 14 outlets
  • Estadio Monumental · 5 outlets
  • Lionel Scaloni · 4 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Eastern Conference · from 10 Oct 19:59, 2 outlets
  • Kily Gonzalez · from 10 Oct 19:59, 2 outlets
  • Sean Johnson · from 11 Oct 04:29, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • appearances scored: 34 (1 from 6 Oct 14:57) → 72 (1 from 6 Oct 14:57) → 207 (1 from 6 Oct 15:02)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.