article_snippet: Lionel Messi missed Lionel Messi share of those chances.
article_snippet: Rather, sublime performances like this perpetuate the riddle as to why Lionel Messi has failed to fully deliver on the greatest stage of all.
article_snippet: Lionel Messi (centre) is adjudged to have fallen short of Messi (centre) high level of performance on the international stage .
article_snippet: Lionel Messi was part of the Argentina squad that finished as runners-up in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil .
article_snippet: Lionel Messi has never won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil during Lionel Messi international career and Lionel Messi last chance could be Russia 2018 .
article_snippet: But when someone plays for such a major nation as Argentina then the 2014 World Cup in Brazil impact weighs upon the calculation, in Lionel Messi’s case against Lionel Messi.
article_snippet: The tango Lionel Messi danced around poor old City was exquisite to behold but The tango he danced around poor old City does not erase the memory of how Lionel Messi fell short – not for the first time at the World Cup Finals – in Brazil last summer.
article_snippet: Russia 2018 now represents Lionel Messi last chance to gate-crash this list of the top five players in the history of the beautiful game – and by the way I saw them all: .
highlights_snippet: But does Lionel Messi lack of international success with Argentina hold Lionel Messi back?
  