Lionel Messi is 'destined' to win FIFA World Cup

Lionel Messi's penalty miss against Poland might be proof that Argentina is going to conquer the World Cup title, and this prediction is based upon an omen found by the fanatic football fandom! A controversially awarded spot-kick in the 39th minute of Wednesday's match made Messi see his attempt well saved by Polish stopper Wojciech Szczesny. At the time it had seemed as though the miss could be tormenting, with Argentina frantically trying to progress after losing their opening match of the group in a shocking manner to Saudi Arabia.

But they still won thanks to goals from Alexis Mac Allister, of Brighton, and Julian Alvarez, the Manchester City forward. Messi was relieved that his miss didn't cost anything, but the fans have now formed a pattern! During both of Argentina's previous two World Cup wins, they missed a penalty in their third game of the tournament. Now, fans wish to have a hattrick this year.