Santiago: Another tournament, another shattering defeat, and another round of unfavourable comparisons to Diego Maradona.


A disappointed Argentina skipper Lionel Messi during the penalty shoot-out against Chile in the Copa America in Santiago, Chile on Saturday 

Lionel Messi was left reflecting on another bitterly familiar failure here on Saturday night after Argentina suffered an agonising 1-4 penalty shoot-out defeat to Chile in the Copa America final. It was the second time in 12 months Messi had finished on the losing side in a major final following Argentina's extra-time loss to Germany at the World Cup last year.