Lionel Messi victim of a senseless tackle against Venezuela miraculously escapes unharmed
34-year-old Argentinian Lionel Messi fails to score in his country’s World Cup qualifier against Venezuela on Friday.
The Argentinian team plays outside of their home country at the Olympic Stadium in Caracas, part of the ninth round of the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
For Lionel Messi’s first game as a national team after his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, Argentina easily won against Venezuela (3-1) in the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
In the 28th minute of play, Lionel Messi suffered a particularly brutal tackle from defender Adrian Martinez. The latter wiped his crampons on the left tibia of the former FC Barcelona idol, who was immediately on the ground.
The referee immediately pulled out the red card after resorting to VAR. He returns to the field to make the Red Card famous to the field player after learning of the violent intervention of the player on the leg of Messi, who survived a terrible injury.
After several minutes on the ground, Messi took the lead with both hands during the medical staff’s intervention, and finally got up and managed to play the whole game. According to the first exams, the new PSG player suffers only a big cut under the left knee
Some Venezuelan fans tried to take advantage of Messi’s presence, hoping to shake hands or take photos with him, which resulted in some of them storming the field as soon as the game ended.
