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The 'friendly' nature of Barcelona's match with Roma appeared to pass Lionel Messi by last night.
The four-time Ballon d'Or winner was involved in a nasty altercation with opposing player Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa for which Messi was lucky to escape the embarrassment of a red card.
With the visiting team to the Nou Camp trailing 1-0 to Neymar's opener, French international Mapou lost his temper with Messi and leant his head in towards the Argentina star.
It didn't go down well with the little magician who responded by throwing his head at his much taller opponent before grabbing Mapou by the throat. The pair needed to be broken up, with Roma's Brazilian defender Leandro Castan standing in as peacemaker.
Under normal circumstances Spanish referee Javier Estrada Fernandez would have shown little hesitation in sending the pair off, but instead opted to show yellow cards due to the status of the match.
Messi arguably got the revenge he was looking for when seven minutes after the incident he managed to double Barcelona's lead.
Show all 43 1 /43The best and worst kits from around the World The best and worst kits from around the World Legia Warsaw away This military green kit with a black sash is certainly eye-catching - although we can't decide if we love it or hate it. The badge, as ever, is a superb piece of minimalist design
The best and worst kits from around the World Hamburg away Looks like a bit of throw away training top. Not working
The best and worst kits from around the World Inter Milan away The sponsor (this will become a theme) ruins what is an extremely smart bit of kit
The best and worst kits from around the World Zenit St Petersburg away The light blue colour is nearly always a winner, but this kit launch stands out for the bonkers Imperial Russian background
The best and worst kits from around the World Borussia Monchengladbach away As if the shades of green weren't hideous enough, they've stuck a big yellow blob right in the middle of it
The best and worst kits from around the World Leeds United home You can rarely go wrong with white and blue trim. Just make sure to keep a sponsor off
The best and worst kits from around the World Atletico Madrid away Their red and white home shirt with blue shorts is as lovely as ever, but the sleek away shirt looks just as nice this year
The best and worst kits from around the World Wolfsburg (away) The home shirt (on the right) is decent without being brilliant, but it's the away kit that is an eyesore. Too many colours
The best and worst kits from around the World AC Milan third The shirt isn't anything too horrendous (it's the dark green) but these shorts are awful. Yellow and green has often been used in tandem, but there are too many shades of green here and a useless use of red
The best and worst kits from around the World RC Lens away Now here is how you use a bit of fluorescent colouring. The moody black and grey diagonal stripes get a flash of colour (plus no sponsor!!). Umbro onto a winner again
The best and worst kits from around the World Bayern Munich away Doesn't seem as if much effort has gone into this one; it's the kind of unmemorable effort that provokes neither love nor hate
The best and worst kits from around the World Figueirense third Not much to add beyond it being drop dead gorgeous
The best and worst kits from around the World St Pauli home St Pauli kits have become a bit of a cult collectors item in recent years, the chocolate brown kits always offering a unique choice. This mostly white kit isn't quite a classic, but has the rainbow stripes on the sleeves
The best and worst kits from around the World Rayo Vallecano away The stripes represent different social injustices and the club will donate money to charity for every shirt sold. Top effort
Rayo Vallecano
The best and worst kits from around the World CD Guadalajara home Another club to adopt the rainbow sash, the Spanish third division side will donate five per cent of sales to an anti-homophobia charity
The best and worst kits from around the World V-Varen Nagasaki It's modelled on a tuxedo to celebrate the J-League club's 10th anniversary. Who knows why
The best and worst kits from around the World Everton home Classic style by Umbro
The best and worst kits from around the World West Ham Umbro with another winner - the shirt was so popular that the website broke
The best and worst kits from around the World Barcelona home Barcelona have dropped the vertical stripes for the first time in the club's 115-year history
The best and worst kits from around the World Barcelona third (rumoured) This Nike template will be popping up quite frequently...
The best and worst kits from around the World Juventus home It's hard to go wrong with black and white stripes
The best and worst kits from around the World Juventus away Juve have had some classic pink kits over the years; this isn't one of them and has too much going on in the mid-section. Plain pink with a touch of red and black would have been plenty
The best and worst kits from around the World Crystal Palace We were delirious when Palace released their kit without a sponsor earlier this summer...
The best and worst kits from around the World Crystal Palace home ... and then they went and stuck an online casino on the front. Which one of these two would you wear? Not a hard choice for us here
The best and worst kits from around the World Fiorentina home Old school French brand make a return to football with a classic kit for La Viola
The best and worst kits from around the World Sturm Graz home Oh dear.
The best and worst kits from around the World Sturm Graz away Oh dear, oh dear.
The best and worst kits from around the World Sturm Graz third How did these ever get made???
The best and worst kits from around the World Swansea City away Swansea's home shirt is a classic white with gold trim; this is horrible
The best and worst kits from around the World Arsenal home Another top effort from Puma for the Gunners
The best and worst kits from around the World Arsenal away (rumour) However, this leaked away shirt is much less impressive. The colour scheme is right but it doesn't work
The best and worst kits from around the World Troyes third kit We're not sure what to make of this effort
The best and worst kits from around the World Manchester City home (rumoured) Great effort from Nike if this turns out to be the home kit - lovely white trim and a smart collar
The best and worst kits from around the World Manchester City home (rumoured) What can't be seen on this image is the blue min graphic on the sleeves - undecided on this one at the moment
The best and worst kits from around the World Manchester City home (rumoured) Here's that gruesome template again...
The best and worst kits from around the World Real Madrid away Looks like something one might wear on the way home from the gym or to lounge around in
The best and worst kits from around the World Nottingham Forest home Wow, this is a real beauty from the Midlands club to celebrate the club's 150th anniversary
The best and worst kits from around the World Kawasaki Frontale home The Japanese club have released a smart limited addition kit in tribute to their new main stand
The best and worst kits from around the World Evian home The French club always produce interesting kits - for better or worse - with their pink, white and blue colour scheme. Undecided on this one
The best and worst kits from around the World Roma away You can't quite see it from this image, but look closely and there is a map of Rome embedded on this smart white shirt
The best and worst kits from around the World Roma third (rumoured) Unfortunately, Roma went for that template. Just horrible schemes that lack imagination
The best and worst kits from around the World Southampton away Green and blue is not exactly a classic colour combo and this one just doesn't work. At all
The best and worst kits from around the World Porto away AVERT YOUR EYES
Barcelona eventually won the match, part of Barcelona's traditional pre-season Gamper Trophy to showcase their new arrivals, 3-0 thanks to Ivan Rakitic's powerful drive into the top corner from 30 yards.
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