re: Is this article sarcasm?

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In his 300th game in La Liga, Messi managed to score a hat trick. One of those goals -- the third -- came from a penalty won by Neymar. A younger Messi would have surely scored three without needing a spot-kick. It's almost embarrassing Messi can no longer do these things on his own. How embarrassing must it have been for him to celebrate such an important goal when it was scored in the most dubious of manners?

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