Pictures: "angry" Messi hits the ball towards the referee in a strange scene!

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Barcelona's Spanish star, Argentine Lionel Messi, escaped the red card during the Catalan team’s match with Alaves (1-1) in the eighth round of the "LaLiga", after his angry behavior at the arbitration decisions.

The referee, Alejandro Hernandez, had directed Messi to the yellow card in the first half after the latter deliberately kicked the ball towards him and signs of anger dominated his face, which angered fans on social networking sites, noting that the "flea" survived the red card.

Barcelona continued its negative results in the Spanish League to add a 1-1 draw against Alaves, to a draw with Sevilla with the same result, a loss against Getafe 0-1, and a resounding fall to Real Madrid 1-3.

The Barcelona and Alaves match witnessed controversial arbitration cases, especially in the first half, when the Dutchman Frenkie de Jong was handicapped inside the Alaves penalty area, but the referee did not count any error, so the Barcelona players strongly objected and the captain of the team Messi became angry.

For his part, the referee expert told the Spanish newspaper "AS" Itouraldi Gonzales that "Barcelona's penalty kick is correct ... if it is counted then nothing will happen." As for Messi's card, he said: "He could have received a red card if the match referee considered that Messi intended to pay The ball in it. " 

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