I misplaced €100 guess with Messi over penalty

DOHA, Qatar — Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has mentioned that he misplaced a €100 guess with Lionel Messi earlier than the Argentina ahead missed a penalty throughout his workforce’s 2-0 World Cup win at Stadium 974 in Qatar.

Targets from Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez had been sufficient to seal victory and high spot in Group C for the 2021 Copa America winners, who will now face Australia within the Spherical of 16 on Saturday.

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And Poland additionally made it into the knockout levels, regardless of dropping to Argentina, after edging out Mexico on aim distinction to e-book a tie with world champions France on Sunday.

Szczesny’s penalty save from Messi would finally show essential for Poland within the aim distinction battle with Mexico, however the determination by referee Danny Makkelie to award the spot-kick stunned the Juventus goalkeeper, who was judged to have caught Messi within the face along with his arm whereas amassing an aerial ball.

Makkelie reviewed the incident on VAR earlier than awarding the penalty and Szczesny mentioned he was so satisfied that the referee would reject the penalty claims that he made a guess with Messi.

“We spoke earlier than the penalty and I informed would guess him €100 that he [referee] wasn’t going to provide it,” Szczesny informed TV2. “So I’ve misplaced a guess towards Messi.

“I do not know if that is allowed on the World Cup — I am most likely going to get banned for it! However I do not care proper now.

“I am not going to pay him both — he would not care about €100 I feel he has sufficient.”

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For Szczesny, it was his second penalty save of the World Cup after denying Salem Al-Dawsari in Poland’s 2-0 victory over Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

“I used to be lucky twice this competitors,” he informed RAI Sport. “It is an amazing second within the profession of a participant, the World Cup is the utmost and that is particular.

“There is a bit of labor that goes into it, too, however as a way to save a Messi penalty, you want some luck as effectively.”

Messi’s failure from the penalty spot denied him the prospect to maneuver stage with Marcus Rashford, Kylian Mbappe, Cody Gakpo and Enner Valencia on three targets within the race for the World Cup Golden Boot.

The Paris Saint-Germain star is on two targets after scoring a penalty towards Saudi Arabia and one other aim towards Mexico.