So this goal scorer is Lionel Messi, who just might be the best young player in the world on one of the best teams in Europe in the midst of a major league championship race. Barcelona, his squad, is effectively tied for Spain's Primera Division title with one game, remaining, and without that handball they would be a point behind, but apparently it doesn't matter according to him:"My goal? With the hand? My first goal does not matter now," said Messi. "What really matters is that on Sunday we will have to win and Madrid must not. We had the victory and the leadership in our hands and in the final minute everything was lost. It is difficult to describe how we feel. We were crazy with joy, we knew that Madrid were losing 2-1 in Zaragoza and that we could even have scored to make it 3-1. But now I am devastated, depressed."
The irony is that Messi, an Argentine, has been often compared to the great Diego Maradona, who was hailed for scoring the "Hand of God" goal and now he follows in his footsteps with a goal that is eerily similar. Why don't you just attempt to legally change your name Lionel, or claim that he's really your father.
Here's the video of it in action, it's pretty classic in slo mo. How in the world did all 3 officials miss this call?
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