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2006 to 2018. Before entering the World Cup in Qatar, the superstar footballer of Argentina, Lionel Messi, played in four World Cups. But despite playing in the final once, Messi never lifted the World Cup trophy. Before this, Messi has repeatedly been stuck in knockout four times.

Let’s take a look at those who have returned Messi empty-handed in the previous four World Cups—

2006 Germany World Cup

Quarterfinals
2-4 loss against Germany (tiebreaker)

Argentina reached the pre-quarterfinals by winning two out of three in the group and drawing one. Argentina beat Mexico 2-1 in the last sixteen matches. After trailing by one goal, Argentina equalized through Crespo’s goal and reached the quarter-finals thanks to Maxi Rodriguez’s 98th-minute goal. Roberto Ayala’s goal gave Argentina the lead against Germany in the quarter-finals, followed by Klose’s goal to level the match at 1–1. The match is decided by a tiebreaker. But Argentina lost because Ayala and Cambiasso missed the tiebreaker. At the age of 18, Messi became the youngest player in the history of Argentina in the 2006 World Cup. Messi also scored a goal in the 74th minute of the league match against Serbia.

2010 South Africa World Cup

Quarterfinals
Germany 0-4

Messi-Maradona’s World Cup. As the coach of Argentina, he went on to win the cup in that World Cup
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Maradona 22-year-old Messi is at the peak of form. Expected to go into the group as favorites to win the World Cup
Argentina reached the knockout stage with an easy win against easy opponents. Then in the pre-quarterfinals
Messi defeated Mexico 3-1. With a lot of hope, Argentina entered the quarter-finals
against Germany. But in the quarter-finals in Cape Town, they lost 0-4. two in Miroslav Klose,
Müller and Friedrich scored one each. The dream of Messi-Maradona is broken.

2014 Brazil World Cup

The final
0-1 loss against Germany

Argentina reached the pre-quarterfinals by winning all three games in the group. Leo scored three goals in the league. After that, Argentina beat Switzerland 1-0 in extra time in the pre-quarterfinals. Then Messi lost 1-0 to Belgium in the last eight matches. Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-2 in the tiebreaker after a 0-0 draw in the semi-finals. After that, Messi is just one step away from the World Cup trophy. But Messi’s dream remained elusive as he lost 0-1 to Germany in the final at the Mercana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

The 2018 Russia World Cup

Pre quarter-finals
3-4 loss against France

Argentina reached the pre-quarterfinals by winning all three games in the group. Leo scored three goals in the league. After that, Argentina beat Switzerland 1-0 in extra time in the pre-quarterfinals. Then Messi lost 1-0 to Belgium in the last eight match. Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-2 in the tiebreaker after a 0-0 draw in the semi-finals. After that, Messi is just one step away from the World Cup trophy. But Messi’s dream remained elusive as he lost 0-1 to Germany in the final at the Mercana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.