Messi could be sent off for 4 games: "Feels taken to the edge" | Israel today

In Spain, it is reported that the Barcelona star, who suffered his first red in his career in a 3: 2 loss to Bilbao in the Super Copa final, feels remorse for committing the offense in the 120th minute. I will not talk about the judges "

• Leo Messi was sent to the locker rooms, he said in the Super Cup final

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Barcelona's dismal season continued last night (Sunday) with a particularly painful loss of the King's Cup after a dramatic, 2: 2 loss to Athletic Bilbao at the end of extra time in the Super Cup final held in Sevilla.

The Catalans, who were already on the verge of victory and winning the title, suffered a dramatic equalizer in the 90th minute and later in extra time, Iniaki Williams prevailed with a marvelous goal en route to the third win of the Basques (who ousted Real Madrid in the semi-finals).

And if that's not enough, the runner - up's particularly unpleasant evening ended with a historic red card suffered by Leo Messi in the final minute of extra time after an ugly no-ball hit by Asier Vialibra.

For the first time in his career in the Barcelona uniform and after 753 appearances in all the factories, the flea snatched a direct red and is now expected to be sent off for between four and 12 games, depending of course on the referee's report.

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 This morning (Monday) the media in Spain estimated that Messi will be removed from four games when two of them will be in the cup.

The judge's report, written by Corps Mansano, stated that Messi had committed an aggressive offense.

"The player hit an opposing player with the arm with excessive force especially unnecessarily," it read.

Barcelona are now hoping that the fact that this is Messi's first dismissal in the Spanish league (twice sent off in Argentina's national uniform) will play in his favor in the disciplinary committee.

At the end of the season, coach Ronald Koeman tried to find the words: "Messi said he was fit to play and did his best on the pitch. He told me he could play and did his best. The dismissal? It is really better that I do not talk about the referees. I need to see the replays again. "To understand what exactly happened in his dismissal, during the 90 minutes a lot of offenses were committed against Messi. He tries to break free and is unable, because he is stopped for an offense every time."

Either way, journalist Jose Alvarez reported after the game that Messi had taken the dismissal hard.

"Messi is sad and regrets what he did. He feels remorse for committing the offense," he added, "The Barça star felt that the opposing players took him to the edge and do not forget that he also played an injury."

In the end, Antoine Griezmann, who scored a double for Barça during the 90 minutes, did not hide his anger: "We were not there in all the little things on the pitch. We are nervous and disappointed. When you lose a final, you have all the bad feelings. We were not good on defense, nor were we. "Most coordinated. Athletic pressed until the last second, and then what happened with the absorption happened. We made mistakes and we will have to work on it this week. We did not make a good defense, we were not coordinated with their free kick and we did not talk to each other. Too bad."