The failure against PSG has not been the only one for the Argentinian in key games in his career
Lionel Messi scored a goal and missed a penalty in a 1-1 draw during the UEFA Champions League return match between Barcelona and PSG. With the maximum penalty that the Argentinian attacker missed, the Catalans were on the cusp of a comeback in the most important club tournament in the world.
However, this is not the first time Messi failed of 11 steps on a defining instance. Than in ESPN Digital We present to you the penalties that the Argentinian missed with the Catalans or with their national team.
Semifinal Champions League 2012
The game before him Chelsea had a lot of drama, and is that in the first leg the Blues won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, but in the return at the home of the Barcelona, the game was 2-2 for a 3-2 aggregate in favor of the English. Messi missed a penalty in minute 47, when the game went 2-1 in favor of the Catalans, meaning the goal that automatically classified them; the away goal put them at a disadvantage and as if that wasn’t enough, Fernando ‘Niño’ Torres, scored another goal at 94 for the Londoners.
Spanish Super Cup 2013
In the game between Barcelona Y Atlético de Madrid In August 2013, the Argentinian missed his shot in the second leg. Although the culé team eventually became champions and Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino added his first title as a quarterback at the club, the maximum penalty only served to excite the colchoneros, who needed a goal to become champions.
America Centennial Cup
In the final, which was extended to penalties after being winless after 120 minutes, Messi missed Argentina’s first shot. Situation that could give his team an advantage after Arturo Vidal, from Chile, missed his first shot after Sergio Romero saved the ball. While Rosario’s wasn’t the only one to fail, as Lucas Biglia did the same, the penalty Messi kicked over Claudio Bravo’s frame could turn the rest of the shots in favor of his own.
Russia 2018 World Cup
In the group stage Messi missed a penalty in the match against Iceland. The result of the match was a draw on one goal and the Albiceleste missed two points by the equalizer. While with those two units Argentina He wouldn’t have been the first in the group, as he finished in second place five points behind Croatia, he could change the team’s mood.
Against Valencia, LaLiga
In the 2020-21 campaign of La Ligathe Argentinian missed his shot from 11 steps, and although he scored a goal in the immediate match, equaling Pelé’s record of 643 goals with one team, the Barcelona failed to win the match and equalized two goals, moving them away from the top in the race for the local tournament.