Barcelona have suffered defeat in their appeal of Lionel Messi's yellow cardfor time wasting in their win over Sevilla last weekend. The punishment was handed out after the Argentine sat on the ground having lost his boot, which he was told to leave the field to replace, much to his disgust. LaLiga's competition committee's statement in turning down the Blaugrana's protest remarks that the video replays show that Messi deliberately delayed the restart of the game.Lionel Messi in Barcelona's vital away win at Sevilla on Sunday will be contested by the Catalan club. The Blaugrana will take their case to LaLiga to have it revoked after Jaime Latre took the striker's name for time wasting, which Barcelona argue was down to Messi losing his boot.
Meanwhile, Luis Suarez was also booked in Andalusia and stands to miss the next game, against Malaga, as a result.Enrique will not be able to call upon one third of his attacking trident for the match against Malaga in two weeks time after the international break because a yellow card in the 2-1 victory over Sevilla makes if five for the season and rules Luis Suarez out of the clash. Referee Jaime Latre was certainly busy at the Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan, showing yellow cards to no less than six Barcelona players, and four of the Uruguayan's bookings so far this season have been for talking back to the referee. In addition to Suarez, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Sergi Roberto, Javier Mascherano and Lucas Digne were also booked on the night. Paco Alcacer is likely to replace the former Liverpool striker against Malaga.
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