Messi in bad condition: Argentine risks four suspension matches – Barcelona

Lionel Messi was sent off in the final of the Spanish Super Cup against Athletic Bilbao after the referee analyzed the VAR images and considered that Barcelona’s Argentine striker hits Asier Villalibre, advanced from the Basques.

When he sees direct red, Messi is automatically excluded from the next Barcelona game -on Thursday, against Cornellà, counting for the Copa del Rey-, but the Blaugrana shirt ’10’ risks a sanction that can reach up to four games.

According to ‘As’, everything will depend on the sanctioning article that the Competition Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation will apply in the analysis of the process. If the Argentine’s gesture is considered aggression, then Messi will not be able to escape the sanction of four games, since it is the minimum number of games that is applied in these cases, the maximum is 12.

Also in the area of ​​the expulsion of Lionel Messi, the Spanish referee and Record In arbitration cases, Iturralde González, considered tonight that the Barça player was well expelled. “They have to expel Messi because there is movement of the arm. It is expulsion. Villalibre enters and Messi lets go of his arm. Red,” considered Iturralde Gonzáles, speaking on the program Carrusel Deportivo de la Cadena SER.