You could say that Leo Messi came out cheap. The Barcelona star, who suffered a red card against Athletic Bilbao in the Super Cup final last Sunday, was sent off for just two games. Meaning: will miss the games against Cornia in the Copa del Rey, and against Elche in the Spanish league. Messi will return to the pitches on January 31, for the 21st round of the league, so Barça will play against none other than the same Bilbao.
As you may recall, during the overtime in the Super Cup final, after coming back twice from behind, Bilbao went up to 2: 3 from a spectacular goal by Iniaki Williams in the 93rd minute. Towards the end of the 120 minutes, Messi was unable to control his anger, hit the face of Asier Vialibra who was without a ball, and suffered a direct red card for the first time in his career in the Blaugrana uniform, after 754 games.
The referee’s report, Jose Mansano’s, described the Barcelona captain’s offense on Vialibra: “He hit the opponent in the arm using excessive force, while the ball was in play, but not at a distance where it could be played with.” The Spanish media reported that the suspension period For an offense as committed by Messi could range from four games to 12, according to the disciplinary regulations, however, the description in the report may reduce the severity of the penalty for disqualification from one game to four, which also happened in practice.
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