Argentinian national treasure Lionel Messi stands alone at goalscoring pinnacle | Pablo Iglesias Maurer
المصدر: The Guardian Football | Source: The Guardian FootballMissed penalty merely delayed the inevitable before forward scored the goals to go past Miroslav Klose’s World Cup goals record
There stood 38-year-old Lionel Messi by the penalty spot, poised for yet another flashbulb moment in a career already overflowing with them. Just a few days removed from his first World Cup hat-trick – one that had thrust him into co-ownership of the all-time tournament goalscoring record – Messi had been gifted an opportunity to notch his 17th goal and stand atop the mountain alone.
Calmly, coolly, he approached the ball. And then he missed the goal entirely.
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