After so many positive records in his career, Lionel Messi reached a dark figure that he would never have wanted: to become the footballer who has missed the most penalties in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
Thibaut Courtois condemned Messi in his new stadium by saving him a decisive penalty in the fraction 62′ of match. He acknowledged having studied the Argentine’s behavior and dived towards his left hand to stop the shot.
With this mistake, Messi equaled Thierry Henry as the players with the most missed penalties in the Champions League with five. Also, he surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo as the one who executed the most penalties in said competition with 23, data from Mr. Chip.
Furthermore, it was Messi’s first missed penalty against Real Madrid in his career. He had converted each of the previous six shots.
He also went eight games in a row without being able to score a goal against Madrid, one of his favorite victims. Since June 5, 2018 the Argentine star has not punished the whites, he has not even been able to assist a goal in that journey.
Real Madrid scored 26 targets in 23 games and next March 9 you will have the opportunity to increase his number during the second leg of the round of 16.
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