It was the moment in Sunday’s World Cup final when the game tilted in Argentina’s favour.
Ousmane Dembele hadn’t been having his best game in any event, but his foul on Angel Di Maria was certainly something he’d rather forget.
Beaten by the wide man not once but twice in the same move, the Frenchman’s ill-timed intervention was punished by Dembele’s former team-mate, Lionel Messi.
La Pulga’s penalty saw him become the first player in football history to score in the World Cup group stages, Round of 16, quarter-final, semi final and final.
The roar that greeted the ball hitting the back of the net was animalistic in tone, and it’s a fair bet that Dembele was never more alone on a football pitch than in that one singular instance.