The Argentine wizard was threatened with a suspension of four to 12 games. But the Spanish Football Federation took pity on him in the end. Messi will just miss the next two games …

Athletic Bilbao beat Barcelona 3-2 on Sunday after extra time and won the Spanish Super Cup. What resonated with the world was that Leo Messi received his first red card in a Barca jersey.

The referee’s compensation was played in the second overtime, Barcelona lost in those moments and the players rushed to attack. Messi tried to fight for a position in front of Bilbao player Asier Villalibre. Due to helplessness and anger, he hit the Basque footballer who ended up knocked out.

Jesus Gil Manzano showed him a red card after checking the footage, but the much worse one followed after the match. The Argentine wizard was threatened with a suspension of four to 12 games. After that Spanish Football Federation took pity on him.

Messi will thus miss the next two games. First on the schedule is the one against Cornella in the Cup, and a game against Elche in La Liga.

Both Messi and Barca did very well in the end because he was threatened with suspension for a longer period. Interestingly, Leo received 78 yellow cards in 752 games in Barcelona, ​​but he never received another yellow card, including a red card.

Until Sunday when he lost his temper and knocked out his opponent, and because of that, he will have to cool down. As for Argentina, Messi blushed twice in the national team jersey – once in the Copa America against Chile and once in a friendly match against Hungary on his debut for the national team.