Messi was already booked (with one yellow card) for an offence, and if he had gotten another, he could have missed the final. Argentina great Lionel Messi once escaped a yellow card in exchange for ...
A former referee has admitted that he once chose not to book Lionel Messi because he was desperate to get his shirt post-match. Carlos Chandia refereed the Copa America semi-final clash between ...
However and despite there being no threat to the scoreline in the closing minutes of the game, Messi was inches away from being sent off and missing his first-ever major tournament final with ...
Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup after winning 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar. Speaking to the media, Argentina midfielder Alexis Mac Allister revealed how the absence of their talismanic captain was ...