Lionel Messi missed a penalty for Argentina as they failed to beat minnows Iceland in their opening game of World Cup Russia 2018.
A sturdy Icelandic defence marshalled the game, while goalkeeper Hannes Þór Halldórsson pulled off some great saves.
These were the best of the tweets and jokes from Argentina 1-1 Iceland in Group D:
The Iceland fans unleash the most devastating dose of the clap since my cousin Roy came back from a Club 18-30 holiday in Magaluf. #ARGISL
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 16, 2018
#WorldCup #ARGISL What’s your Icelandic footballer name:
Step 1 – Your first name
Step 2 – Add ‘-sson’ to the end of itDone
— Rosson. H. Esquire (@_ro55on_) June 16, 2018
When the commentator goes ten minutes without mentioning Iceland's population #ArgIsl #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/62nhz4p8RO
— The Sun Apologies (@SunApology) June 16, 2018
Still trying to figure out who is the "Son" that scored for Iceland #ARGISL pic.twitter.com/vN4SNB09r3
— V (@bae_trayer) June 16, 2018
Islands defense whenever Messi is close with the ball #argisl #argentina pic.twitter.com/Qi1E5ldkde
— Hasna (@HauteBBH_) June 16, 2018
LOL! I thought the game started an hour later and went for a walk downtown Reykjavik. The streets completely empty – everybody watching the game! #isl #arg #WorldCup #vikingclap #argisl pic.twitter.com/mbb8GZ1EBK
— Dagur Hjartarson (@DagurHjartarson) June 16, 2018
#ARGISL That's 0.0009% of Iceland's population chasing Messi… pic.twitter.com/DOAbuugrwK
— Maktoum Ndio Mimi (@BrianKassim) June 16, 2018
Iceland keeper's new name is Legendsson #WorldCup #ARGISL
— KTL UTD (@ktlanta) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/TheSportsman/status/1007994057338081281
Miss Penalty #ARGISL pic.twitter.com/z2RltrvBnk
— Kingducer (@SaMmapago) June 16, 2018
Iceland defenders against Messi be like…#ARGISL pic.twitter.com/eaQblbm82I
— Arush (@arushb) June 16, 2018
The most popular Iceland player in English pubs right now is Goonmyson. #ARGISL
— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) June 16, 2018
How Messi must feel right about now #WorldCup #ARGISL #Arg #isl pic.twitter.com/pp8dtxQLyW
— Lars Søgaard Sørensen (@HanDansken) June 16, 2018
Messi should play squash since he is so good at hitting the wall.
#ARG #ISL #ARGISL #ISLARG #WorldCup #FPL #FantasyWorldCup #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyFootball #FantasyFIFA #WorldCup2018 #FIFAWorldCup #FIFAWorldCup2018 #McDonalds #WorldCupRussia2018
— FPL Shane (@FPL_Shane) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/Troll__Footbal/status/1007998421997846535
Man of the match was Rendermessiuselesson for Iceland #ARGISL
— Des (@marriedman_) June 16, 2018
Spoiler alert: I'm going to name every character in my new book Hannes. Except for the murderer. #ARGISL pic.twitter.com/NgpR26ePWp
— Yrsa Sigurdardottir (@YrsaSig) June 16, 2018
That’s the best result for Iceland since they got rid of Peter Andre. #ARGISL pic.twitter.com/Anu5YOsS9v
— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) June 16, 2018
To be fair, Iceland is well known for its great savings. #ARGISL pic.twitter.com/0MMBFueDvF
— David Levin (@davidlevin123) June 16, 2018
The Messi we see in Bacrelona
Vs
The Messi we see in Argentina #WorldCup #ARGISL pic.twitter.com/Smi80H2e5o
— GiveawayNaija (@GiveawayNAlJA) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/Antsimp21068523/status/1008000854195089409
Argentina has 330,000 registered soccer players. Iceland has 334,000 people. Fun fact – in Reykjavik that is. #ARGISL
— Tom Harrington (@cbctom) June 16, 2018
#ARGISL
Highlight of the match pic.twitter.com/Ab8whgUz6r— Kaybest (@kaybest__) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/soccerdotcom/status/1008000068975243265