As incredible as it may seem, Lionel Messi wasn't there when La Albiceleste needed him the most.
The Argentine ace kicked off the penalty shootout for Argentina, just moments after Arturo Vidal had his penalty denied by Sergio Romero. With all eyes on him, Messi tried to put the ball away from his Barcelona team-mate Claudio Bravo, but his effort went way over the bar and ended up landing in MetLife Stadium's stands.
Messi was the only player able to beat Claudio Bravo during last year's Copa América title definition, but this time, fate wanted things to go differently.
Since 2005, the year he became a full-time member of Argentina's senior squad, Messi has played four major tournament finals, losing all of them. He lost the 2007, 2015 and 2016 Copa América finals-twice against Chile and one against Brazil- , while adding the 2014 World Cup final loss against Germany.Messi's penalty misshttps://t.co/FVMM2E00vG
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Fans didn't waste any time trolling Messi for his awful miss. Here are some of their comments and trolls.
2016 Finals chokes:
— NBA Stats (@StatisticsNBA) June 27, 2016
- Cam Newton
- Steph Curry
- Leo Messi
Crying Messi Meme. pic.twitter.com/M28uSehFA0
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) June 27, 2016
#Messi misses his penalty and loses his 4th Final with Argentina....
— Twitugal (@Twitugal) June 27, 2016
2007- 2014- 2015- 2016#Copa100 pic.twitter.com/e1tLeoEOTt
Cr7: Allô !
— Nuelo00 (@Nuelo00) June 27, 2016
Messi : oui who is it?
Cr7 : it is missi...
Messi : missi who?
Cr7 : missing the penalty#CopaAmerica pic.twitter.com/tlTQ4FSLom
is Penalty income tax?? cause #Messi always misses it :P #saymessitopaytax #CopaAmerica
— niraj (@niraj_1974) June 27, 2016
"Messi will never MISS a penalty kick for his country like CR7 did"pic.twitter.com/VWmCYGodxM
— CAMPEO11ES (@JK_Madridista) June 27, 2016
That's why messi missed the penalty makes sense. @MesutOzil1088 pic.twitter.com/3xQEKPEn2u
— James Rodriguez (@Temo_Ramirez11) June 27, 2016
Messi's penalty has finally landed #CopaAmericaFINAL pic.twitter.com/mbMVvyd1iw
— Dave Bailey (@DaveJBailey13) June 27, 2016
Messi Miss Penalty pic.twitter.com/qncRjGcITW
— ATTOM (@AttomGoya) June 27, 2016
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