OGC Nice and former Southampton and Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina has announced his retirement from the Gabonese national team.He was forced to quit the squad mid-AFCON due to heart complications after contracting coronavirus.EXCLUSIVE Mario Lemina for Mozzart Sport Kenya: It’s crazy how unlucky we areHowever, the reason for quitting the national team he stated in his Instagram post is somewhat different than COVID-19. Apparently, he’s struggling to cope with the lies surrounding the Panthers… 22.00: (7.00) GABON (3.00) MOROCCO (1.80)Lemina took to Instagram to denounce rumours that the health reason for his exit was merely a cover for the fact that he was drunk over the weekend and behaving unprofessionally.Lemina’s Instagram post (©Inst/SS)”I will not give oxygen to the lies that seek to harm me. I have nothing to do with that. I feel bad for my national team to be surrounded only by liars in search of clicks. Good luck to you for the competition and for future challenges. Now out of sight but close to my heart. By wanting too much to solve the problems around the national team, you are the one who puts yourself in harm’s way. Because all this wickedness has been in place for years. There is nothing more to be done… I definitively withdraw from the national team, “Lemina announced.Auba went to AFCON to not play for Gabon – and now he’s returning to not play for ArsenalWhat’s also interesting is that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also relayed the first part of the message. But not the second where Lemina is talking about leaving the national team.
