Messi Broke The Record But Also Missed a Penalty First: Classic Messi

[Outlaw92]

The narrative of Messi's record-breaking night against Austria required one more detail to be perfect. He missed a penalty in the ninth minute. Dragged it wide of the left post. The Austrian goalkeeper celebrated. For a moment it looked like the record might elude him for another game. Then Messi scored in the 38th minute. Then Messi scored in stoppage time. The record broken. The penalty miss forgotten. This is how Messi moments always seem to go. Dramatic. Human. Then transcendent. He was the first player in history to score in a competitive match for Argentina after also missing a penalty in the same game. Even the statisticians couldn't keep up.

[Amy]

Missing a penalty then breaking the all-time World Cup scoring record in the same match is peak career arc

[Natalie61]

The Austrian goalkeeper celebrated the penalty save. Then conceded twice. Football is not kind

[Phil80]

First player to score for Argentina in a match where he also missed a penalty. Because someone had to track that stat