Piers Morgan Takes Another Sly Dig at Andy Murray After Lionel Messi Misses a Penalty At the FIFA World Cup 2022

Argentina booked their place in the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup yesterday. They beat Robert Lewandowski’s Poland 2-0 in their final group game of the competition. It was a thriller of a fixture, as it involved two brilliant goals and a missed penalty from Lionel Messi. Messi got an opportunity to put Argentina ahead through a penalty in the first half. However, he missed from the spot, making an infamous record.

Piers Morgan, who has had some arguments on social media with Andy Murray about Messi and Ronaldo, took fired shots at the tennis superstar after Messi’s miss.

Lionel Messi has been in fine form in the World Cup. He has scored two goals in the competition so far and could score more in the coming games. However, his penalty miss became a massive talking point on social media. He had previously missed a penalty in the 2018 World Cup as well against Iceland.

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Piers Morgan, who recently conducted the controversial Cristiano Ronaldo interview, has been a big critique of Messi. Andy Murray had previously aimed a dig at Morgan after Ronaldo’s claim for Bruno Fernandes’ goal. Morgan got back at Murray after Messi’s penalty miss.

Piers Morgan fires shots at Andy Murray after a penalty miss from Lionel Messi

Andy Murray, apart from tennis, has been a huge soccer fan. He surely wants the Three Lions to win the World Cup for the 2nd time. However, he engaged in a few arguments with Piers Morgan over social media. He recently trolled Morgan by calling out Ronaldo’s claim for a goal in Portugal vs Uruguay.

Leo Messi had a beautiful opportunity to put Argentina in front in the first half but failed to slot past the Polish goalkeeper. However, the 2-time world champions came back stronger in the 2nd half and scored two goals to qualify for the knockouts. However, despite Messi’s penalty miss, he had an incredible game, creating several chances for his teammates.

Argentina will now face Australia in the Round of 16 at the World Cup. Poland, on the other hand, will face defending champions France. Argentina lost their opening game of the competition against Saudi Arabia, who crashed out of the group stages with just one win. However, they broke Argentina’s 36-game unbeaten streak. Argentina will now aim to improve to win the World Cup for the 3rd time.

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