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

Fight with referee on Paulo Dybala debut

Paulo Dybala’s first match ended rather quickly after being sent off with a red card. Lionel Messi did not take the incident well. Messi himself was sent off with a red card on his debut and it must have triggered him because he then blamed the decision entirely on the Chilean referee Julio Bascunan and gave the match official a piece of his mind both after the decision and at half-time.

Messi was incredibly lucky to have evaded a yellow card himself. However, that was the least of his worries. He wanted Dybala to be well. After the match Dybala said:

“It was an ugly moment, because it was a special day and it didn’t go how I hoped. I was left with a sensation in the chest that I’ve never had before.

Leo Messi told me to be calm, that these things happen, that it was not my fault but the referee’s. I felt good, comfortable playing with Messi.

Post Edited By: Archie Blade

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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