Lionel Messi stamp on Mikel Merino should have cost him red card; social media claims

Tanish Chachra | 08/03/2020
Lionel Messi stamp on Mikel Merino should have cost him red card; social media claims

Lionel Messi stamped on Real Sociedad played Diego Llorente, many are accusing Messi of venting frustration on the pitch in La Liga match.

Recent reports on Lionel Messi do signal that the Argentine International is not having a good time at Barcelona. Many fans are now alleging that his frustration with the club is affecting his behaviour on the pitch.

In the match against Real Sociedad, Messi was caught making a stamp on Diego Llorente. Although, it can be argued that the Argentine International probably did not do it intentionally.

However, football lovers are not ready to let Messi escape from this instance, as many advocated that Messi should have been shown a red card when he made the alleged stamp on Merino.

Messi and Llorente competed for the ball when the Sociedad man fell to the ground. Off-balance, Messi’s momentum carried him forwards and he stepped on Llorente’s ankle.

Some fans on social media even though Messi was fortunate to escape without a red card after a challenge on Real Sociedad’s Diego Llorente in the first half.

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Later in the game, Messi was shown a yellow card while attempting a sliding tackle upon Mikel Merino ended up being caught by him. Nevertheless, a thrilling encounter between both sides.

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Barcelona, in the end, earned three points with a marginal victory after Messi scored a free-kick, rewarded by the VAR after it caught Mikel Oyarzabal making a handball inside his won 18-yard-box.

After successfully hitting on target, Messi now has 19 goals in La Liga, with some crucial games lying ahead Barcelona is determining to regain its old position in La Liga.

Also read: Footage of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez’s sons netting fabulous goals

With this, Barcelona is at the top of the table, momentarily with Real Madrid yet to play its game against Real Betis in this game-week. The last game-week, Barcelona was demoted to the second position n the table after it lost El Clasico.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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