Only current players.
Messi tbh
Messi tbh
Messi because he put his tail between his
Legs and quit.
1st miss in penalties TBH. We forget easily 2013 semis eh?
1st player to ever retire.
You can't compare Messi to any old player. You need to compare him to the greats and I don't recall any of them quitting at such an early age from international football after missing a penalty.
Blaming Messi for his incompetent FA is silly.
Ok let's agree to disagree. Let me ask this question, if Messi scored and won the Copa with Argentina this year do you think he would have still retired?
You can't compare Messi to any old player. You need to compare him to the greats and I don't recall any of them quitting at such an early age from international football after missing a penalty.
Ok let's agree to disagree. Let me ask this question, if Messi scored and won the Copa with Argentina this year do you think he would have still retired?
Ok let's agree to disagree. Let me ask this question, if Messi scored and won the Copa with Argentina this year do you think he would have still retired?
Gerd Mueller retired early from NT football. As did Netzer. And Effenberg. And countless others.
Blaming Messi for his incompetent FA is silly.
Pele didn't want to play at the 1970 WC because they kicked the crap out of him in 1966, then he stopped playing international football at 31 years old. Scholes retired from England at 30 years old too, Shearer at 29. Maldini retired after being eliminated by South Korea, never got to win a tournament with Italy. You know what, people can do whatever they want. They don't owe any of us anything.
Retiring himself by cheating the way Maradona did though is beyond the pale and the fat drug addict should shut his mouth.
Pele was a whiner and still is, but he was butchered in '66. The refs virtually let other teams go mental on him, without any repercussions. He skipped the '70 tour because he felt the world didn't appreciate him enough and he was right in a way. Maldini is similar to an extent, he retired because he thought Italy was robbed blind (and he was right) by the ref. Pride is a tough pill to swallow.
Many times.Schweinsteiger had victory at his feet but he Messi'd his penalty kick badly.