Lionel Messi broke down in tears at the final whistle, consoled by his Argentina teammates as the captain appeared to realise just how close his World Cup dream came to ending on Tuesday in a game in which he missed a penalty before coming up with a vital late equaliser.
Argentina were two goals down to Egypt with just over 10 minutes to play in the last-16 tie, before staging a fight back which will live long in the memory of those inside Atlanta Stadium who witnessed Messi show his human side during and after the game.