Football fights: 6 times Lionel Messi has got into a fight on a football pitch

Archie Blade | 19/11/2019
Football fights 6 times Lionel Messi has got into a fight on a football pitch

Slamming Croatia defender Ivan Strinic’s foot (2018 world cup)

Argentina and Lionel Messi had a forgettable night when Croatia beat them 3-0 in the 2018 world cup. However, no point can sum up his frustrations more than when 30 minutes to full time, Messi was tripped by Ivan Strinic while the striker was escaping with the ball in a bid to create attack. There were a few words of exchange between the two and then in frustration before Messi slammed the foot of Strinic.

After the match, the defender told reporters,

“Messi? He has this image where he pretends to be nice and humble but he’s totally the opposite, not only did he hit me, but when his friend (Ivan Rakitic) was down injured he refused to kick the ball out despite being the captain. Really a small guy!”

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Lionel Messi

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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