Ecuador goalkeeper’s immediate reaction to Lionel Messi’s missed penalty left fans in shock

Alexander Dominguez’s immediate reaction to Lionel Messi’s penalty miss has gone viral, leaving fans stunned.

Argentina beat Ecuador 4-2 on penalties to book their place in the semi-finals of the Copa America.

Messi, however, completely missed his Panenka, his spot-kicks being saved by Emiliano Martinez, who saved two Ecuadorian penalties in the shootout.

Despite Ecuador taking an early lead in the penalty shootout, Dominguez refused to celebrate Messi’s missed penalty.

After his shot hit the bar, the keeper got up, did not celebrate before consoling the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner in an incredible moment that left fans shocked on social media.

One X user wrote: “Can we talk about the Ecuadorian goalkeeper, who barely celebrated Messi’s missed penalty and went straight to him to console him. What a guy!!”

A second tweeted: “Big respect to him, he didn’t celebrate against Messi.”

A third added: “That was really classy, ​​man. It made me so happy.”

A fourth said: “He knows the pressure Messi is under.”

A fifth commented: “Respect him for that.”

Messi is yet to score at this summer’s Copa America but will have the chance to open his goal account when Argentina resume their campaign on Wednesday.

They are waiting for the winner of the Venezuela-Canada match for a place in the final.

After the win over Ecuador, Messi revealed that Martinez had joked that the quarter-final match would end on penalties.

“Before the game he was joking about the possibility of penalties and saying he would stop them. When we get to that stage we will have an advantage,” he said.

“(After the match against Chile) I was suffering from pain and I was afraid of getting injured, but in the last training session I felt better and I felt I could participate, I told Scaloni that I was fine and that I no longer felt any muscle discomfort.

“I was very angry because I was convinced that I would do it this way if the opportunity arose. I had spoken to Dibu and Rulli about it in advance.”