The penalty kick knot haunts Messi.. You know how many kicks he missed

The star Lionel Messi almost caused a crisis for the Argentine national team when he missed a penalty kick against Poland in the match between the two teams in the third round of the group stage of the World Cup.


Messi missed a penalty kick that was saved by Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Chesney, which almost caused the shock of the early farewell to the World Cup.


But the Argentine national team rose up in the second half against Poland, to score two goals and rise to the top of the group, to face Australia in the second round, and to avoid facing the defending champion, France.


Messi missed 31 penalty kicks throughout his career, the last of which was in the Paris match against Real Madrid in the Champions League last season.


The Paris Saint-Germain player missed 5 penalties for his country, the first of which was in a friendly match against Germany in 2012, which was saved by Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.


Leo also missed two penalty kicks in two friendly matches against Brazil in 2014 and 2019, and he also previously missed a penalty kick in the first round match against Iceland in the 2018 World Cup.


The largest percentage of Messi's missed kicks in the Barcelona shirt was 25 penalties, 4 in the Champions League, 14 in the League, 6 in the King's Cup, and one in the Spanish Super Cup.


On the other hand, Messi scored one goal from a penalty kick throughout his five participations in the World Cup, when he scored Saudi Arabia in this edition.

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