“Trailing Paraguay in a tense group match, Messi calmly sends the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot to drag Argentina level and keep their Copa América campaign on track, marking career goal 671 and his ninth in the tournament.”
On a hot scoring streak, Messi keeps Argentina’s Copa América hopes steady against Paraguay by nervelessly burying a pressure penalty and driving play as captain, earning Man of the Match in a tense group-stage test for a team coming off a defeat.
With Barcelona needing four more goals in the historic 6–1 comeback, Messi calmly buries a high-pressure penalty to restore the lead at 2–1 against PSG, pushing the remontada back on course and taking his Champions League tally to 94.
Against seven-time European champions Milan in a tense quarter-final deadlock, Messi calmly sends the keeper the wrong way from the spot to launch Barcelona’s 3–1 win and quietly reach 50 goals in the Champions League.
Against Bolivia in the 2021 Copa América group stage, Messi calmly sends the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot to double Argentina’s lead, a composed conversion that also brings up both his 100th career penalty goal and his 75th for the national team.
With Argentina already ahead in their 2015 Copa América opener, Messi calmly sends the Paraguay keeper the wrong way from the spot to make it 2–0 and cap a hot scoring streak with his third goal in the competition and 458th of his career.