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- Lionel Messi taunted former club teammate Yerry Mina after the defender missed a penalty.
- The Argentina star was seen passionately shouting from halfway after Mina's effort was saved.
- The incident occurred during a Copa América semifinal penalty shootout Tuesday night.
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A passionate Lionel Messi taunted former teammate Yerry Mina during Argentina's penalty shoot win against Colombia in the Copa América semi-finals Tuesday night, mocking the defender's trademark goal celebration.
The Barcelona captain, who is still out of contract and without a club, furiously shouted towards the Colombian after his penalty was saved.
The spot kicks were needed to separate the sides following a 1-1 draw in normal time and a goalless extra 30 minutes.
Argentina, looking for its first major trophy since 1993, threatened from kickoff with Messi pulling the strings.
Early in wriggled his way past three Colombia defenders before finding the head of Lautaro Martinez but the Inter Milan striker's effort went wide of the post.
That same connection soon provided the opening goal. Messi received the ball in the box and after a slight miscontrol, he managed to regain possession and play a pass to an open Martinez who slotted into an open net.
Colombia then leveled the score just after the hour mark when Luis Díaz finished from a tight angle past Argentina's keeper Emiliano Martínez.
No more goals came, and after a period of extra time, the game went to penalties.
During the shootout, Messi tucked away his, and his team's first, penalty by hitting it hard into the top right corner, but Argentina was put on the back foot following Rodrigo De Paul's miss.
The score was levelled when Tottenham's Davison Sanchez saw his effort saved, and then stepped up Yerry Mina.
Aston Villa's Martínez dived low to his left to stop the Everton defender's effort, and the miss sparked an unusual reaction from the six-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi.
Standing with his teammates on the halfway line, Messi broke clear and began pumping his fists and shouting.
As Mina returned to the halfway line, Messi shouted the words "baila ahora," in Spanish at him. The words translate to English as "dance now" and seemed to be in reference to Mina's trademark goal celebration.
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The Everton defender celebrates his goals by dancing, and most recently did so in Colombia's shootout win against Uruguay in the previous round.
It is unclear as to why Messi produced such a fired-up reaction especially considering the pair used to play together.
Argentina plays Brazil in the final of the Copa América on Sunday, just hours after England takes on Italy in the final of Euro 2020, in what is a bumper day for international soccer.