The Least Messi Penalty Kick is Still a Miss

Day 3 is now over. We are 1/8 through the World Cup, and it's been a stark contrast for the two best players in the World. Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal tied yesterday off of his hattrick. Today, Lionel Messi's Argentina were held to a 1-1 draw with Iceland, thanks in part to Hannes Halldorsson saving Messi's pk attempt. In other matches, Australia played bravely against France but fell 2-1 with a goal that just barely crossed the line. Denmark notched 3 points with a 1:0 win over Peru. The last match ended with Croatia taking a 2:0 cushion into their next match with Argentina.

France 2:1 Australia

Antoine Griezmann (1,pk) 58' 1-0

Mile Jedinak (1,pk) 62' 1-1

Paul Pogba (1) 81' 2-1

	Result	Points	Score France	Points	Score Australia	Points	Total
Artifex	France	5	3	0	1	2	7
Fortuitous	Australia	0	0	0	7	0	0
Historicus	France	5	2	2	1	3	10
IoannesNix	France	5	3	0	1	2	7
Musicus	France	5	2	2	0	0	7
Praeceptor	France	5	3	0	0	0	5
Scriptor	France	5	3	0	0	0	5

Argentina 1:1 Iceland

Sergio Kun Aguero (1) 19' 1-0

Alfred Finnbogason (1) 23' 1-1

	Result	Points	Score Argentina	Points	Score Iceland	Points	Total
Artifex	Argentina	0	3	0	1	2	2
Fortuitous	Argentina	0	2	0	1	2	2
Historicus	Argentina	0	2	0	1	2	2
IoannesNix	Argentina	0	3	0	0	0	0
Musicus	Argentina	0	2	0	1	2	2
Praeceptor	Draw	5	0	0	0	0	5
Scriptor	Argentina	0	2	0	1	2	2

   

Peru 0:1 Denmark

Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (1) 59' 0-1

	Result	Points	Score Peru	Points	Score Denmark	Points	Total
Artifex	Peru	0	1	0	0	0	0
Fortuitous	Draw	0	6	0	6	0	0
Historicus	Peru	0	1	0	0	0	0
IoannesNix	Peru	0	2	0	1	2	2
Musicus	Denmark	5	0	2	1	3	10
Praeceptor	Draw	0	1	0	1	2	2
Scriptor	Draw	0	1	0	1	2	2

Croatia 2:0 Nigeria

Oghenekaro Etebo (og) 32' 1-0

Luka Modric (1,pk) 71' 2-0

	Result	Points	Score Croatia	Points	Score Nigeria	Points	Total
Artifex	Croatia	5	2	2	1	0	7
Fortuitous	Draw	0	7	0	7	0	0
Historicus	Nigeria	0	0	0	1	0	0
IoannesNix	Nigeria	0	1	0	3	0	0
Musicus	Nigeria	0	0	0	1	0	0
Praeceptor	Nigeria	0	1	0	2	0	0
Scriptor	Draw	0	1	0	1	0	0

   

Scriptor is paired with Australia, and IoannesNix is paired with Nigeria. Both nations failed to earn any points and have donated 0 to the players' causes. Onto the scores!

  

	Standings	Points	Oracle
1	Musicus	26	11
2	Scriptor	26	6
3	Praeceptor	24	4
4	IoannesNix	21	6
5	Artifex	21	6
6	Historicus	20	9
7	Fortuitous	9	4

Today's Disciplinary Official is sad Messi after missing a penalty kick. He's not awarding any cards, or warnings because, he just can't even right now. He missed a pk. Kicked it right at the dang keeper. He's under so much pressure now. Somebody point him to the nearest Lego store. I mean....

Rest Well, my Crias

The Grand Salmon Alpaca