Messi appears to decline Ney's offer of a penalty before his terrible effort is saved
On Thursday night, PSG defeated the Saudi All-Stars 5-4, but it might have been more as Neymar shockingly missed a penalty after appearing to ask Lionel Messi if he wanted to take it.
After Ronaldo and Messi had already scored for his team in the exhibition game, the Brazilian missed a chance to make it 3-1 with a dreadful penalty that Mohamed Al-Owais comfortably saved.
After winning the kick, Neymar appeared to offer Messi the chance to take the penalty kick and increase his score, but the Argentine graciously declined, allowing Kylian Mbappe to take another later in the game.
Messi, the Argentine world champion, got a foul in the box while displaying his iconic footwork with PSG already leading 2-1 after taking the lead in the sixth minute.
Then, as Messi appears to respond negatively and turn away, teammate Neymar can be seen pointing to the penalty spot and speaking to him.
Neymar then attempted the ensuing kick from 12 yards, but Al-Owais easily stopped his pitiful effort after a slow run-up.
The Brazilian talisman faced criticism for not converting a penalty in the shootout that saw his team lose to Croatia and exit the World Cup in the quarterfinals.
He had had an injury earlier in the contest, which prevented him from participating in two.
Tite is eager to defend his best player.
Fan reactions to the bizarre sequence of events were swift, with Messi receiving the majority of the acclaim for his selflessness despite the crowd seemingly chanting his name when the kick was awarded.
A fourth said that Messi's rejection of the penalty as proof of his developing apathy was as follows: "Neymar truly urged Messi to take the penalty and he rejected it. A crying emoji is used together with the phrase "Man doesn't care about anything anymore."
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