For the second consecutive Copa America final, Chile took down Argentina in a shootout, and this one was especially hard on Lionel Messi.
After 120 minutes of no goals, the match went to a shootout on Sunday, and the world’s greatest player missed badly, for his first-ever shootout miss:
#ARGvCHI Este fue el penal fallado de Messi https://t.co/0ADOiy7BnI
— Univision Deportes (@UnivisionSports) June 27, 2016
Messi’s first ever miss in a penalty shootout came at the worst possible time. https://t.co/m5GopdZdZI #CopaAmerica #ARGvCHI
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) June 27, 2016
Chile would win the penalty-kick shootout, 4-2.
Francisco Silva delivers the winning PK to seal a second straight #CopaAmerica title for Chile. #ARGvCHI https://t.co/60wpXjGc4n — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 27, 2016
It resulted in Crying Messi:
When she texts you sorry we just friends #CopaAmerica https://t.co/5UAuodQKMo
— DooM Killa (@ltsKilla) June 27, 2016
Crying Messi Meme. pic.twitter.com/M28uSehFA0
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) June 27, 2016
And of course Crying Messi getting the Crying Jordan treatment:
Just did Messi’s jordan crying meme. You are welcome. pic.twitter.com/il8T40EdmY — IdntityUnknwn (@Idntityunknwn) June 27, 2016
I should stop RT @CauldronICYMI Messi 🙁 https://t.co/thY6Pwwg1r
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) June 27, 2016
And… even this unbelievable (and fairly disturbing) Crying Messi Jordan mashup from Deadspin:
Chile win Copa América after Messi chokes in PK shootout: https://t.co/m4r1BV6YHS pic.twitter.com/A2aDFX6eBw — Deadspin (@Deadspin) June 27, 2016
Someone even gave Messi’s missed penalty kick the Celine Dion Titanic music treatment:
Messi’s penalty miss is even better with titanic music pic.twitter.com/aGVjwVowGU — Football Fix (@FBFix) June 27, 2016
Oh, Twitter. We can always count on you.
