Messi wins booking appeal, Isco doesn’t

Lionel Messi has had his yellow card for timewasting removed by the Appeals Committee, but Isco’s second yellow against Malaga stands.

Messi was booked by David Fernandez Borbalan late in the game against Valencia when the official decided the forward was wasting time after celebrating Sergio Busquet’s late winning goal.

The Appeals Committee however found that Messi was protesting to the referee after he was struck by a bottle thrown from the crowd, rather than trying to delay the game, and duly withdrew the booking.

Isco appealed his second yellow card but the Committee found no reason to withdraw the punishment and he will miss the weekend’s game against Celta Vigo, pending a further appeal by the club.

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