Messi Misses Easy Penalty, Makes a Million Other Impossible Shots

Watching Lionel Messi mess up is like watching a squirrel fall from a tree: it just feels… unnatural. But here we are, with Messi adding another failed PK to his resume, going 4 for 8 penalties in La Liga this season. Yikes.

But explain to me this: why does he continue to miss the easiest shot in the game, when he keeps putting in goals like this?

It's practically a PK, but from 10 more yards out, with three defenders, and about a hundred other variables. It just doesn't make sense.

And then he goes and makes pinpoint assists like these?

And meanwhile, his homies are throwing down goals like this:

With Barcelona, up is down, left is right. It's just like how the Warriors seem to lose only to the worst teams (more fuel for your Messi-Curry comparisons). You can miss penalties with no consequence, and still be up 6-0 against Getafe. Wild.