Lionel Messi Falls To Earth, Ascends Right Back Into The Sky
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Relevance
3/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
6/15
Depth
7/15
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Fresh off reasserting his extraterrestrial talent by opening his sixth World Cup with a hat trick, Lionel Messi proved on Monday that he is in fact still human. Seven minutes into the match between Argentina and Austria, Lautaro Martínez sprinted through on goal only to be taken down by a pair of Austrian defenders. After a VAR review, the play was correctly called a penalty. Messi took the ball,


