SER: Barcelona to appeal Lionel Messi's yellow card

SER: Barcelona to appeal Lionel Messi's yellow card

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The club think he did not foul the Celta Vigo forward as he saw his first booking of the season

Barcelona have decided to present their appeal against Lionel Messi's yellow card to the competition committee, per Cadena SER radio.

The Argentine was booked against Celta Vigo after giving away a free kick for supposedly fouling Pape Cheikh. Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez saw it as an offence and issued Messi a yellow card.

However the forward won the ball with the tackle. It cost Barca as Celta equalised from the free-kick at 1-1, but Messi scored two more of his own and Busquets nabbed the fourth in a 4-1 win at Camp Nou.

It was Messi's first yellow of the season. Although no suspension is at stake Barca think it is unjust and will appeal.

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