Twitter erupts as Messi shrugs world off shoulders for Argentina's opener
Lionel Messi is at it again.
The diminutive dazzler strapped 10 fellow starters to his back in Ecuador last October to save Argentina's World Cup qualification campaign with a hat-trick, and is now resuscitating his nation at the tournament itself.
The Barcelona superstar latched onto a sublime long ball from Ever Banega on Tuesday and went untroubled by the close attention of Nigeria's Kenneth Omeruo before finishing as if he didn't have a care in the world.
What crisis?
Cometh the hour.....
— Kieran Canning (@KieranCanning) June 26, 2018
The noise! My life
— Ed Malyon (@eaamalyon) June 26, 2018
Messi 1-0. Wherever you are, you can probably hear the din....
— Matt Dickinson (@DickinsonTimes) June 26, 2018
🐐
— Matteo Bonetti (@TheCalcioGuy) June 26, 2018
This is why Ever Banega should’ve started all the games. What a ball.
— Peter Galindo (@GalindoPW) June 26, 2018
Look at the way he takes it. Two touches at pace before it hits the ground. Bergkamp-esque.
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) June 26, 2018
Argentina just need to punt it to the little fella
— James Tyler (@JamesTylerESPN) June 26, 2018
Those two touches 😱 and the finish 👌🏾 #Messi #WorldCup
— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) June 26, 2018
Those three touches just changed the entire World Cup. The World can turn once more. Messi just smiled again 🙌
— roger bennett (@rogbennett) June 26, 2018
Either Diego is high as hell or he just saw the Holy Spirit.
— Jason Davis, The ⚽📻 Maker (@davisjsn) June 26, 2018
Siri. Show me Maradona gurning his face off again.
— David Preece (@davidpreece12) June 26, 2018
Pure class from Messi, perfect take on the thigh, touch then unstoppable finish. Clinical. Privileged to be watching the game in the age of Messi and Ronaldo.
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) June 26, 2018
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