​Lionel Messi tried to talk a linesman into getting Cristiano Ronaldo his second yellow of the night and sent to the stands when Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-1 last Sunday.





The intensely contested match saw some theatrics from both sides as Ronaldo dived his way to a yellow card and Javier Mascherano made a meal out of the Portuguese star poking his ear as he lay on the ground following a challenge.





Messi was not pleased with CR7 tugging at his teammate's ear and so, approached the linesman, shocked that he didn't alert the referee to have Ronaldo sent off.





The conversation went as follows:





Messi: You saw what happened. Yes, you saw. You saw what happened.





Referee: Very little, I’m saying the truth. I was looking, but saw very little, but looking at the recation of Masche maybe it is yellow. But I don’t know, maybe i’m wrong.





In the officials' defense, they got most calls right on the night and it would have been incredibly harsh to send a player off in one of the biggest games of the year for something so small.