5 reasons why Lionel Messi quit Argentina

#2 Making sure that he no longer misses penalties for Argentina

Lionel Messi distraught after missing his penalty kick

The greatest players in the world have all missed penalties. However, regardless of how difficult it is to score from the spot, it is always embarrassing to miss them. Whenever Cristiano Ronaldo scores a penalty, he is labeled as ‘Penaldo’. However, on the off-chance that he doesn’t, he is someone who is good for nothing.

With Lionel Messi, even scoring from penalties is an art. He scores them just like the others, but he isn’t like the others—and, hence, even something as usual as spot-kicks are also divine when taken with his feet.

Therefore, whenever he misses a penalty, it is an insult to his transcendence. To make sure that he doesn’t blaspheme his holiness any further, he has decided to quit from Argentina, reducing the number of penalties he takes and, as a result, plummeting the failure rate.