5 times Lionel Messi single-handedly saved Argentina

Messi against Switzerland in 2012 friendly.
Messi against Switzerland in 2012 friendly

#3 Argentina vs Iran, World Cup 2014 (1-0)

Messi celebrating after scoring a winner against Iran in World Cup.
Messi celebrating after scoring a late goal against Iran in World Cup.

Some people can sing, some can dance, but Leo Messi can make you do both as you behold his spectacle. One such moment came in World Cup 2014 group stage when Messi broke the 0-0 deadlock against Iran in the stoppage time and took his team to the knockout stage of World Cup.

The spectacularly genius play of Iran kept the Argentines silent for the whole match and marked their juggernaut Leo Messi right like chasing his shadow. But who knew that was quite like a silence before the thunderstorm, "The Messi Storm".

This silence took 91 minutes to unleash the ball from the left foot of the golden man, Leo Messi, curling to the right corner of the net leaving the whole Iran team devastated. "Sheer brilliance" seems to be the only way to sum up the performance by La Pulga against Iranians.

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