Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show FIFA President Infantino Looking Anxious After Messi Missed Penalty Against Egypt -- Predates The Match

Lead Stories says: Different GameDoes an image show FIFA President Gianni Infantino looking anxious after Argentine forward Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick during a World Cup match against Egypt? No, that's not true: The image is a screenshot from the telecast of a different game. It was shared in other social media posts ahead of the July 7, 2026, match, which kicked off at noon Eastern time in the United States.

>The claim appeared in a post and image (archived here) by the @TouchmineX account on X on July 7, 2026. It read:

🚨📸- FIFA President Infantino's reaction after Messi missed the penalty.

>Daddy is sad!

This is what the image looked like at the time of writing:

Image source: post by @TouchmineX on X.The image of Infantino has become a widely recycled meme used for various World Cup moments. All of the following posts were made in the days ahead of the Argentina-Egypt match:

>This post (archived here) by the @dcec_oficial account was published on Instagram on July 3, 2026:

Image source: post by @dcec_oficial on Instagram.This post (archived here) by the @sport_festival2026 account was published on Threads on July 4, 2026:

Image source: post by @sport_festival2026 on Threads.This post (archived here) by the @Joshua__Ubeku account was published on X on July 6, 2026:

Image source: post by @Joshua__Ubeku on X.It is unclear which match this screenshot of Infantino is from. The image directly above suggests it is from the Portugal-Spain game from July 6, 2026. Lead Stories was unable to review the DSports feed of the match to confirm it. DSports is a Latin American sports television network.