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FC Barcelona: When Messi lost the papers

DIn five days it will be a year since the last end of the Super Cup of Spain. A game of bitter memory for the Barça fans, who saw how a title escaped them in the extension discount. Two goals from Athletic Club In the final minutes they turned around a final that the Barça fans were already giving, practically finished in their favor.

If someone from the Barça team put a face to the frustration and helplessness caused by losing a title in that way, that was Leo messi. The Argentine was very bad about not winning and had an outburst that cost him expulsion and a subsequent sanction.

This was Messi’s expulsion from the Spanish Super Cup: aggression against Villalibre in the 120 minute

It must also be said that the gesture of The flea is the reaction to a couple of heavier charges on the part of Asier Villalibre. Messi has seen them with defenses of all colors, but that day he lost his papers, fueled by the situation and the impotence of losing a final like that, when it already seemed in his pocket. The Argentine’s reaction was to slap the Athletic player.

Messi had already had his pluses and minuses with Dani Garca during the match, but it was in the last minute of overtime that the WHERE notice a Gil Manzano of aggression.

However, the referee later did not record this action as an aggression in the minutes, something that served to make Messi’s sanction significantly lower than what was initially expected. In the end, the punishment for Rosario was two suspension matches.

Leo’s only expulsion

That action sadly went down in history. It is the only red card that Leo Messi saw in his entire career as a Barcelona player.

Villalibre, a victim of the aggression, played down the action, aware that it was the result of the Rosario’s heat. “I put my body in so that he does not leave, he has got angry and has put his hand in my face,” said the Athletic Club player, who at the moment took the issue away. “It is normal, it is the result of impotence and nothing happens,” said the rojiblanco player.

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