Messi has been harmed numerous times due to referees' decisions, and thus, I have decided to make a series of decisions made against Messi. The first part will cover some annulled goals against Messi, so without further ado, let's dive into it.
We'll first look at one of the most obvious but also had a big impact, which was against Real Betis away in the 2016/17 La Liga season. Despite clearly entering the goal, Alejandro Hernández Hernández didn't give it. The game ended 1-1 and Real Madrid later won the league.
Another obvious one, though less impactful, was against Valencia away in the 2017/18 La Liga season. Messi made a shot straight at the keeper and since he couldn't catch it properly, it went through him and entered the net, but Ignacio Villanueva gave no goal. The game ended 1-1, but Barcelona later won the league anyways by 14 points.
Going back to 2006, specifically to the 2006 World Cup R16 game against Mexico, Messi scored a goal in the dying minutes of the game to give Argentina the lead 2-1, but linesman Matthias Arnet gave a non-existent offside from Pablo Aimar which invalidated the play.
Going now to the title-defining game of the 2013/14 La Liga season against Atlético Madrid at home, Messi was wrongfully disallowed of a goal because of an offside, even though the ball came from Juanfran which invalidates the offside. This would have won Barcelona the league, and perhaps the Supercopa de España at the beginning of the next season.
And to end this 1st part, there's his goal wrongfully disallowed against Arsenal in the first leg of the 2010/11 UCL R16, even though he was onside. They lost 2-1 that game, but thankfully Messi made a masterclass against them in the second leg and then went on to win the tournament.
That is all for the 1st part. As I said there's a lot to cover so I'll continue in the 2nd part. But until then, I'll see you in the next blog.
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