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Messi sees red as Barcelona fall to Athletic Bilbao
Six times Balon d’Or winner, Lionel Messi, was shown his first red card of Barcelona career after he lashed out at the end of Sunday’s 3-2 defeat to Athletic Bilbao to win Spanish Super Cup.
Towards the end of the Spanish Super Cup final, Messi played a pass and took a swing at Asier Villalibre as the Athletic forward ran across his path.
The referee in charged Gil Manzano missed the incident at first but upon a VAR review, he showed Messi a straight red card for violent conduct.
This was the first ever red card Messi has received as a Barcelona player, coming in his 753rd appearance for the club.
It was a nightmare that capped another frustrating episode in the Catalans’ season as they were unable to close out the silverware, having twice led.
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