Lionel Messi is a player who rarely seems to lose his temper. But in a friendly tonight, the Barcelona attacker lost the plot with Roma defender Mapou Yanga Mbiwa.

The cause of the friction between the pair appears unclear, but what is evident is the two confronting each other before Messi juts his head at his opponent, who played for Newcastle in the not-so-distant past.

The Argentina star was perhaps fortunate to have walked away with just a yellow card: