Soccer-Failed Messi penalty could be Barca's 'what if' moment

If Barcelona fail to secure their eighth consecutive Champions League quarter-final appearance, Lionel Messi's failed penalty at Manchester City on Tuesday could well prove their "what if" moment. Barca were leading 2-1 in the last 16, first leg at the Etihad Stadium thanks to a Luis Suarez brace when Messi stepped up to take an added-time spot kick. City goalkeeper Joe Hart denied the Argentina captain and gave the Premier League side a much better chance of overturning the deficit in the second leg at the Nou Camp on March 18. Messi has a penalty record any player would envy, with a success rate of around 90 percent, but his fluffed effort brought back memories of a missed spot kick early in the second half of Barca's semi-final, second leg at home to Chelsea in April 2012.



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