Lionel Messi may arguably be the greatest soccer player of all-time, but his penalty kick history is not a highlighted part of his decorated résumé.
During Tuesday's World Cup Round of 16 match against Egypt, the Argentinian star had an opportunity to level the match in the 21st minute. Enzo Fernández was fouled by Haissem Hassan in the Pharaohs' penalty box, earning Argentina a free kick.
Up stepped Messi, who is tied in the World Cup Golden Boot race with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland with seven goals. Egypt Mostafa Shobeir would deny him the tiebreaking goal.
The all-time leading goal scorer in World Cups has seemingly found penalty kicks to be one of the very few areas where he's been unable to succeed. According to Opta, Messi has had eight penalty kick attempts in his career in the tournament. He has failed to score on half of them.
Tuesday's denial was Messi's second missed penalty kick of the tournament. He is now the first player to miss multiple penalties in a single World Cup (excluding shootouts after extra time.)
During Tuesday's World Cup Round of 16 match against Egypt, the Argentinian star had an opportunity to level the match in the 21st minute. Enzo Fernández was fouled by Haissem Hassan in the Pharaohs' penalty box, earning Argentina a free kick.
Up stepped Messi, who is tied in the World Cup Golden Boot race with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland with seven goals. Egypt Mostafa Shobeir would deny him the tiebreaking goal.
The all-time leading goal scorer in World Cups has seemingly found penalty kicks to be one of the very few areas where he's been unable to succeed. According to Opta, Messi has had eight penalty kick attempts in his career in the tournament. He has failed to score on half of them.
Tuesday's denial was Messi's second missed penalty kick of the tournament. He is now the first player to miss multiple penalties in a single World Cup (excluding shootouts after extra time.)
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