Lionel Messi was shown only the second red card of his career as Argentina beat Chile 2-1 in a hot-tempered Copa America third-place play-off.

The Barcelona forward had provided the assist for Sergio Aguero's opener before Paulo Dybala made it 2-0.

But Messi was shown a red following a clash with Gary Medel, which also saw the Chile player dismissed.

Arturo Vidal scored a second-half penalty but Argentina held off the fightback to secure third place.

However, the big talking point was undoubtedly the sendings off of Medel and Messi - who has never been sent off for Barcelona, and whose only other red card was on his international debut 14 years ago.

Tension had been building as the game wore on in a physical encounter with both sides often giving away niggly free-kicks.

Tempers spilled over eight minutes before half time when Messi appeared to nudge over Medel as they both challenged for the ball.

Medel responded by forcibly pushing his face into Messi's as the two players argued before the referee arrived and dismissed them both.

It seemed harsh on Messi, who in the replays of the incident did not appear to respond aggressively to Medel's action.

Chile had also lost Alexis Sanchez to injury early on. The Manchester United forward appeared to suffer a hamstring injury when chasing a long ball over the defence.

G1STMORE:

A man has been arrested for allegedly raping, impregnating and procuring abortion for his 15-year-old daughter with the connivance of his wife in Asaba, Delta State.

According to Gwamnishu Harrison of BBI, the sexual abuse started when the victim was just 10 years old. The suspect was said to have laced his daughter’s food with drugs to perpetuate the crime.

The girl allegedly informed her mother, but she was told to keep quiet. The abuse continued until she got pregnant and it was aborted. .

Recounting her ordeal, the victim said: "I just saw myself wake up tired, with blood/sperm all over my private part. My mother is aware of everything, my grandparents are aware, my elder brother is aware and our pastor is also aware".

The victim is now in BBI’s facility, where she is currently undergoing therapy and medical treatment. Her parents are cooling off in police custody and the case will be charged to court on Monday, 8th of July, 2019.

See more photos here; http://gistmore.com/man-arrested-for-raping-impregnating-procuring-abortion-for-his-daughter

Nigerians won't protest outside his house tommorow...hypocrites

Lionel Messi and his Argentine teammates had their dismal Copa America campaign brought to an end in the early hours of wednesday.
Two Premier League stars netted for Brazil, Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City in the 19th minute and Bobby Firmino of Liverpool in the 71st minute effectively ending Leo Messi's hope of ending his international trophy drought. It could be recalled that Leo Messi had earlier complained about the bad state of pitches affecting his performances at the tournament

Beverlyjean:
Messi just gave his fans the excuse they need to attack those that are logical about his attainment...another certain failure.. this guy is a false prophet
Is it not the same pitch aguero and martinez have been performing on??

It's no longer the Argentine team...it's now pitch... Ok ooo

No mind the useless Kid...he's not yet a Goat

Johnkay01:
The more I read these COZA saga the more I get irritated by daft comments that follow.

Because rape is bad doesn't make false accusation good.

Busola said Bimbo raped her and Bimbo said he did not rape her. Instead of people to be neutral and watch as things unfold before supporting anyone of them base on facts, no my people will not. Because rape is bad they must crush anybody that is accused of rape especially if the person is pastor because pastor is not human being.

What is now the difference between these people behavior (especially those who went to His church with placards today) and those who lynch at the mention of thief?

You're on point...Because rape is bad, it means that everybody "accused" of rape should be lynched....that is why this country is this bad....useless people everywhere

lilfreezy:


https://www.goal.com/en/amp/news/the-ball-was-like-a-rabbit-messi-slams-shameful-copa-america/aub1axrqu78h1fa9t2ciw9zp6

https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1144920746755579904?s=19

Goat wey no get Sense