Espanyol vs Barcelona - Commemorating Lionel Messi's Forbidden Goal

Lionel Messi has many stories with Espanyol, the team he will face in the 19th week of the 2019-2020 Spanish League.

Lionel Messi will lead Barcelona's troops to the Espanyol headquarters at the RCDE Stadium on Saturday (4/1/2020).

During playing for Barca's senior squad, he has met 33 times with fellow teams from Catalunya

Of the many memories created, the most controversial moment occurred when Barcelona hosted Espanyol on June 9, 2007.

At that time Messi made a scene because he scored illegal goals, aka forbidden by hand.

Once upon a time, Messi whose posture was only 170cm, managed to welcome air feeds from Gianluca Zambrota.

The Espanyol players then protested because they saw Messi doing handsball.

In replays, it was also seen that it was not the head of the flea who turned the ball, but his left hand.

However, referee Julian Rodriguez Santiago still considers Messi's goal valid.

The public likened Messi's action to the Hand of God scored by Argentine national team legend Diego Maradona to England in the 1986 World Cup.

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