Distraught Lionel Messi Confronts Referee During El Clasico Defeat

Barcelona were seemingly not pleased with the officiating in the El Clasico loss on Saturday. Most particularly, Lionel Messi.

The Blaugrana had a chance to move onto the top of the La Liga standings when they faced their bitter rivals on the weekend, but then it was not to be.
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Two quick-fire goals had Real Madrid 2-0 up inside the opening 28 minutes, and so Messi and Barca were getting hissy.

The Argentine was said to have confronted the centre referee Jesús Gil and voiced out in anger,

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“Referee, show respect, speak well”,

La bronca de Leo Messi a Gil Manzano: "¡Árbitro! Habla bien, con respeto" https://t.co/HRphsWcrhS

— El Bernabéu (@elbernabeucom) April 11, 2021

But Gil would not show them any sympathy but rather fired back at Messi,

“Do you know the rules of football or not. If not, I will explain to you later.”

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He, Messi was not at his best in that game, so perhaps no wonder he resorted to asking the official for ‘favours‘. Or so it seems?¿?.

If so, he didn’t get any, unfortunately.

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