In case you haven't been paying attention to the trials and tribulations of Lionel Messi for his country in the past week, a lot has gone on.
Earlier in the week, Messi was handed a 4-match international ban by FIFA after he was found to have made insulting statements to the assistant referee in Argentina's game against Chile.
The Barcelona forward was caught making a foul-mouthed tirade in the direction of assistant Dewson Silva in the game, but he has denied the comments were actually aimed at him.
According to the Argentina FA, Messi said: "My comments were never directed at the first assistant, they were comments made to the air."
He'll miss 3 out of Argentina's last 4 games as a result, with his country slipping out of the qualification places in their World Cup qualifying campaign.
