The Argentine was not happy with the officiating in Sunday’s match (Picture: Getty)

Lionel Messi turned the air blue in a furious tirade at the referee during half-time of Barcelona’s 2-2 draw with Clasico rivals Real Madrid on Sunday, according to reports.

The Catalans were reduced to 10 men shortly before the break after Sergi Roberto hit Marcelo in the face, and Messi was still raging at the decision when the players entered the tunnel to go to their respective dressing rooms.

Real skipper Sergio Ramos had intimidated afterwards that he, and others, had witnessed Messi go to the referee, Alejandro Jose Hernandez Hernandez, and put pressure on him.

Sergi Roberto was given his marching orders and Barca were not happy about it (Picture: Getty)

And Spanish radio station Onda Cero go one further, claiming that Messi went into a full rage, saying: ‘Enough with gifting them things. You s*** your pants, you s*** your pants.




‘You’re always like this. You s*** your pants. We won the league, that’s it. There’s no need for you to gift them the game. This is f****** bulls***!’

Onda Cero also say that the referee’s response to Messi’s tirade was to simply lower his head and say nothing before retreating to the referee’s room.

Ramos brought up the exchange – though refused to recount what Messi said quite so vividly – after the game and felt it changed the referee’s mindset in a second half that saw the visitors denied a clear penalty.

The Spanish centre-back told Cope: ‘We all saw Messi pressuring the referee in the tunnel during half-time.

Ramos claims Messi’s words affected Hernandez Hernandez in the second half (Picture: Getty)

‘Maybe that’s why he didn’t do well in the second half. I know what he said but I’m not going to repeat it here.’

Ramos added to Marca: ‘Messi has put a little pressure in the tunnel. I do not know if there were cameras, I don’t know if in the second half he will have done it in other ways.

‘It’s football and everything has to be left on the field, as long as it’s not going to hurt you. You have to have that respect.’