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VIDEO: Lionel Messi meets his match... a Japanese robot goalkeeper

Yep, you’ve read that headline correctly.

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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