Lionel Messi played with the weight of Argentina's hopes upon his shoulders, laboring against a tenacious Iceland, before underlining a frustrating performance with a decisive penalty miss. Twitter was not kind.
Just the facts.
But it really wasn't about the facts.
Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick against Spain the day before wasn't making it any easier.
But for all that, the admirers still outnumber the haters, even on the most vicious and knee-jerk football forum in the world.