The moment must have stunned Argentina fans. The moment Lionel Messi missed the penalty!
If you haven't seen last night's match, it's good to know that the Argentine star failed to score from the penalty against Poland. However, Argentina had no difficulty in winning. Mack Allister and Julian Alvarez scored to seal Argentina's 2-0 win in the second round.
However, by missing the penalty, Messi became the 'first' in an unexpected page of Argentine football.
Messi became the first Argentina player to miss two penalties in the World Cup. Tiebreaker shootouts are not considered as such. The Argentine star has scored 1 goal with 3 penalty shots so far in the World Cup. It is against Saudi Arabia in Qatar World Cup this time.
Argentina got off to a bad start in the World Cup losing that match 2-1. Interestingly, Lionel Scaloni's team played the best football last night among the 3 matches played by Argentina in the group stage, but Messi missed the penalty in this match!
Messi missed 2 penalties for Argentina in the World Cup, one of which was against Poland last night. Messi took a shot to the left of Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szejni. Sejani jumped to the left and blocked the shot, probably knowing beforehand. The question is, in which match did Messi's other penalty miss in the World Cup? Got it right. Against Iceland in the 2018 World Cup. Seber, however, could not score even after hitting the ball to the right side of the Iceland goalkeeper.
Messi became the second player in World Cup history to miss two penalties. Earlier, Ghanaian striker Asamoah Zian had to go through the same path. Gian missed penalties against the Czech Republic in the 2006 World Cup and Uruguay in the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup.
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