Argentina claimed a reasonably impressive scalp in Italy last night ahead of their shot at World Cup glory this summer.Staged under the lights of the Etihad Stadium, Argentina rounded off an impressive evening's work for the South American teams with a 2-0 victory over Gli Azzurri. After a tense 75 minutes of football, Ever Banega broke the deadlock with a sweet left-footed strike before Manuel Lanzini doubled Argentina's advantage by curling past Gianluigi Buffon minutes later.It could have been a completely different story, though, if Lorenzo Insigne brought his shooting boots to Manchester.The Napoli forward spurned a fantastic opportunity to give Italy the lead in the opening stages of the second-half when he sliced wide with the goal at his mercy.

Twitter kept talking about Insigne v Argentina

It was an otherwise mediocre performance from the 26-year-old who has continued to catch the eye of top European clubs with his brilliant showings in Naples.

Insigne boasts an impressive record of 46 goals in 130 appearances for Napoli over the last three seasons and has 22 Italy caps to his name.

And while it was his shooting that let him down on Friday night, Insigne was gathering attention online for a very different reason and it's not something he'll take great pride in.

5' 3" Insigne keeps winding up with the tallest mascot

As is common practice in modern football, both the Argentina and Italy teams walked mascots out onto the pitch before the national anthems and handshakes. Pretty normal, right?

Well, not if you're Insigne and stand at just five foot and three inches. The 26-year-old was unfortunately drawn the tallest mascot of the bunch and actually had to stand to the side of him to see.

Check out the amusing situation below:

It's not the first it's happened, either.

Whether organisers enjoy winding up Insigne by always giving him the tallest mascot or children are particularly tall in Italy, it just keeps happening and it's rather uncanny. Take a look at the other instances here:

Amusing, no doubt yet Insigne's height almost prevented him from living his dream in the professional game.

He told UEFA.com in October: "They used to say I had some talent, but was too short.

"At one point, I wanted to quit football, as the scouts all told me the same thing and I thought it might be futile to continue. Then I had a trial with Napoli and it went well."

Thankfully he didn't quit and his stature hasn't stopped him from thriving for both club and country recently. He just might want to position himself a little better in the tunnel, that's all.

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