The curse of Messi's goals in the Knockouts of the World Cup continues in 2018

The Argentine superstar has failed in the last 16 clashes with France, chasing a series that Has been tormented throughout his career

Lionel Messi once again failed to score in the knockout stages of the World Cup, bringing his series to eight games while Argentina was bounced in eighths final by France.

He never scored in the knockout stages of the tournament and lost the game in his country's 4-3 loss to The Blues, although he delivered two assists in the defeat.

by two goals. Using his talent to pass through three defenders of France, Messi created space, but unbalanced could only win a tame effort that was easily overtaken by Hugo Lloris.

Incredibly, the effort of the 85th minute was the first shot

Messi got some measure of redemption by making a great ball in overtime as Sergio Aguero nodded to half deficit, but neither Messi nor his team-mates could equalize. find the equalizer.

It also means that Messi will finish his tournament after failing once again to find a goal in the commercial portion of the sport's flagship event, a series that he may never be able to break

. Cup, where he scored Argentina 2-1 against Mexico as a substitute, Messi played eight games in the knockout round without ever finding the net.

Messi did not always have a consistent output in the group stages – he scored once in 2006, and was scoreles In 2010, he scored four goals in 2014. This year he has scored a decisive goal against Nigeria, which allowed Argentina to escape the disaster of the group stage, but missed a penalty against Iceland. The group stage continued, and may prove to be lasting, unless Messi decides to do another race in 2022, at the age of 35, provided that Argentina qualifies after almost missed in 2018.

Messi has not yet scored knockout rounds, he was still often able to have a positive impact. Two of the previous seven games helped him compete, and the defeat against France made it even better

Messi helped Gabriel Mercado unscrew the shot from the striker. Barcelona and Aguero Although it was not enough to bring back his country, Messi became the first Argentine player with two mentions of help in a match of World Cup since Diego Maradona. did it in 1986 against South Korea.

Unfortunately for Messi, this may be a small consolation as he faces the real possibility that it will be his last World Cup to break through in the knockout stages. World Cup since 1986. Team Maradona

– Goal.com