As I said in the first part of this series, it's going to be long since there's been so many poor refereeing decisions against Messi. And thus, the second part is here.
The first decision I'll show is his recent wrongfully annuled goal against Alavés. The game was only 1-0 for Barça at the time, but they decided to cancel it due to a non-existent offside from Griezmann.
Next up is his canceled goal against Napoli in the 2019/20 UCL R16 second leg. Messi ended Napoli's hopes with a 3-0 goal, but it was somehow annulled because of a supposed handball (not the case at all, it was a chest touch). Even wth VAR it was canceled, but thankfully he won a penalty not long after and the game ended 3-1 for Barça, going through to the QF.
Next up is his canceled goal against Paraguay in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Despite being perfectly legitimate, VAR annulled the goal because of a foul 27 seconds and 8 passes earlier. Totally ridiculous.
Now we'll go to 2012. Despite scoring 91 goals in a single calendar year, there was one goal which was wrongfully disallowed, which happened against Sevilla in the 2011/12 La Liga season. In the video you can see a Sevilla player at the back which putting Messi in an onside position, but it was canceled anyways.
And finally, there's his game against Sevilla in 2011. A good free-kick slotted in by Messi is wrongfully disallowed due to a non-existent foul from Busquets.
That is all for the 2nd part of this series. I hoped you liked it and as always, I'll see you in the next blog.
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