In a rather bizarre loss of control, Lionel Messi aimed a headbutt in the direction of Roma’s Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa during a (supposedly) friendly clash at the Nou Camp.
The incident happened just after the half-hour mark, with the hosts 1-0 up courtesy of a goal from Neymar after Messi started the attack with an outstanding pass…
Then, after a Barca attack was deemed offside, Messi ran past former Newcastle defender Yanga-Mbiwa before attempting to headbutt the Roma man and then grabbing him by the throat…
The pint-sized superstar was ridiculously only shown yellow for the offence while Yanga-Mbiwa also received a caution. Presumably the French centre-half said something to Messi which triggered the assault. But still!
Lucky to be still on the pitch, the scheming imp then netted a fine goal himself…
Then, on 66 minutes, Ivan Rakitic scored the best goal of the evening, with this long-range humdinger…
Quite an eventful game!
(Video: HQFootball24 & Dailymotion/Vines: @FutMomento)