translated from Spanish: Lionel Messi’s streak cut short: with Argentina, he lost his first semi-final

And one day Messi’s great streak came to an end. Lionel arrived at Belo Horizonte with the dream of getting into the Copa America final but Brazil stopped an Argentina under construction, but also Leo felt for the first time what it was like to stay out of an official tournament with the blue and white in the semi-finals. It all started in the 2005 Netherlands, when Argentina beat Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup semis, which it would end up winning with two hard-hittacy Barcelona crack. At two years old and already with the Major, came 3-0 against Mexico for the Copa América de Venezuela, where the team goaled 3-0 with a score of the “Pulga”.

Messi defeated Brazil in his first semi-final in the Argentina national team. Photo: Twitter

In 2008 Brazil crossed again in semis, but from the Olympic Games. Although Leo did not score, it did, Agéero did that he shone and scored two goals, for a final goal, that ended with the pass to the final and the title of the team that led Batista.It was to wait until the Copa America of Chile to reach that instance in the tournament. On the way he put on the Paraguay of Ramón Díaz, who had complicated Argentina in the group stage, but all the shine came out and a 6-1 gave him the pass to the final. A year, in the Copa America Centenario, the United States was on the road and the Flea scored one of the four goals of the 4-0 th0th goal.

Argentina beat Holland on penalties in the semi-final of the 2014 World Cup. Photo: NA

No… let’s not forget, stay calm. Paragraph aside for the semi-final at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The 0-0 against Holland was the only draw of all the contested but on penalties, Sabella’s team had an inspired Romero who attacked two and with Maxi Rodríguez’s emotional penalty, it was the turn to play the final with Germany. 6 out of 7. Five wins, a draw and a defeat that fell very deep and will unfortunately be remembered, although it has not been as painful as the falls in the three consecutive finals, but which marked the end of a streak. In this note:

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