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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