Football’s good boy Lionel Messi did not live up to his image yesterday during Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Italian giants AS Roma in 50th Trofeo Joan Gamper. This is what happened during Barcelona Vs. Roma yesterday.
Soon after playing his part in Neymar’s opening goal with a ridiculous pass, Leo Messi directed a headbutt at Roma defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa.
The former Newcastle man went head-to-head with Leo Messi and the little Argentine superstar actually went full Zizou, headbutting his opponent before grabbing him by the throat.
Despite it being a friendly, Leo Messi can count himself lucky to have only received a yellow card for his awful behaviour.
However, the 4 time Ballon d’Or was on target for Barcelona just after the incident when he doubled the lead for the European champions. Neymar scored the first goal and Rakitic made it 3-0 later.
Messi wore the captain’s armband yesterday in the absence of mewly assigned captain Andres Iniesta. It does not suit a player like Leo Messi to be involved in such disgusting incidents and the vice captain should be careful to keep his head later on.