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Powered by NeoCortex · NeoAxonMessi darts into the box and fires a left-footed shot from very close range just wide to the right after a corner, missing a good chance to open the scoring.
Messi meets a cross with a close-range header that is directed toward the bottom left corner, but Ospina reacts sharply to push it away.
From outside the box Messi unleashes a left-footed effort, but the shot is blocked before it can test the goalkeeper.
Messi takes on the direct free kick from a difficult angle on the right and sends a left-footed strike just over the bar.
Messi swings in a dangerous ball that finds Otamendi in the center of the box, whose header is blocked by the Colombian defense.
Messi is shown a yellow card after committing a foul, punctuating a fiercely contested second half.
Messi combines with Banega on the edge of the area, setting him up for a powerful right-footed shot that crashes off the bar.
In the shootout Messi calmly converts Argentina’s opening penalty, driving a left-footed shot low into the bottom left corner.