Lionel Messi is one of the World Cup's worst ever penalty takers 👎

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Alex Mott·30 November 2022

Lionel Messi is one of the World Cup's worst ever penalty takers 👎

For a truly world class footballer, why is Lionel Messi so average at penalties?

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30/11/2022Full time

The Argentina forward failed to score again on Wednesday as his spot kick was palmed away against Poland.

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2 - Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 has missed two of his three penalty kicks at the World Cup (excluding penalty shootouts), equalling the most by a player since at least 1966 (Asamoah Gyan 🇬🇭, two missed out of four). Pressure.
– Wednesday, 30 November 2022

It means that Messi has now missed two of his three penalties in a World Cup, becoming only the second player since 1966 to do so.

Messi has a 78% penalty conversion rate for Country (18 of 23) and a 78.5% (95 of 121) for Club
– Wednesday, 30 November 2022

As Maram AlBaharna of the The Athletic tweeted after the missed, Messi now has a conversion rate of 78.5 per cent for his country.

Missing five of his 23 spot kicks.

It really is average numbers for the greatest to ever do it.