Messi Explains Tears After Argentina's 3-2 Win Over Egypt
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jul 8
Messi Explains Tears After Argentina's 3-2 Win Over Egypt
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jul 8
Summary
Lionel Messi said he broke down after Argentina’s 3-2 World Cup last-16 win over Egypt because he felt he had let his teammates down with a missed penalty.
At 0-1, the 39-year-old missed his second penalty of this World Cup before helping Argentina turn the match around in Atlanta.
Messi said defeat was never acceptable, adding that Argentina “couldn’t let it end like that” and that the team “never give up.”
The reaction underscored how strongly Messi still feels the stakes despite a career in which he has already won virtually every major honor.