HE’S RARELY STOPPED by regular humans but the world’s best footballer Lionel Messi faced his toughest task recently on Japanese television.
The Barcelona star took part in a penalty shootout competition in which he faced a robot goalie, whose success rate against J-League players is allegedly 90%.
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After being kept out by the mechanical stopper, Messi crashes his second spot-kick off the post before finally scoring.
The lad between the sticks isn’t half-bad though, aye?
VIDEO: Lionel Messi meets his match... a Japanese robot goalkeeper
HE’S RARELY STOPPED by regular humans but the world’s best footballer Lionel Messi faced his toughest task recently on Japanese television.
The Barcelona star took part in a penalty shootout competition in which he faced a robot goalie, whose success rate against J-League players is allegedly 90%.
After being kept out by the mechanical stopper, Messi crashes his second spot-kick off the post before finally scoring.
The lad between the sticks isn’t half-bad though, aye?
YouTube credit: C. Ronaldo
(h/t: Duncan Castles)
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