According to today’s El Pais Leo Messi has said that before Saturday’s game with Getafe the referee Pérez Burrull warned him not to dive! “Before the game the ref told me ‘Don’t dive, you’ll pay for it if I see you’ “
I’m all in favour of communication between referees and players but surely this is taking things a bit far. If the ref wants to tell the captain or the team as a whole that he will be tough on one thing or another then fine. However, it is unfair to single out Messi, who despite sometimes overacting once he has been fouled rarely dives compared to plenty of others I could name.
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