VIDEO: Watch the exact moment Lionel Messi breaks young boy's heart

Tue, 17 Jun, 2014 - 11:34

Oh God.

This is just AWFUL

Argentina stiker Lionel Messi misses a young mascot's outstreched hand in the tunnel before his side's 2-1 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday night.

Oh God.

You can actually see the moment his little heart breaks. That face!

Here it is again from another angle.

At a press conference yesterday the Barca maestro denied that the snub was intentional.

“How could it be that I did not want to greet the boy? I just did not realise he was there," he said.

"In fact, I spoke to two other children in the line.

“I would never do such a thing when I have a nephew and young son, I would never do such a thing with a boy.”

(In fairness, we believe him. But THAT FACE. It haunts us).

Meanwhile, in Soccer Stars Not Being Dicks news (intentional or otherwise), here's how Brazil's David Luiz reacted to a young fan running onto the training pitch.