Video evidence: Lionel Messi is actually a bit rubbish!
The scoreline from Argentina's 0-0 draw with Colombia in the Copa America last night might not promise much, but the game actually served up a genuinely historic moment.
Yes, it offered tantalising evidence that Lionel Messi is not, in fact, a robot designed by football-mad alien scientists from Alpha Centauri, but rather a human being.
And not just any old human being, but also one capable of making an utter, er, Mess-i out of a more-than-promising free kick situation.
In fact, on this evidence, young Leo is actually a much worse player than new Liverpool signing Charlie Adam.
Take it away, Lionel...
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