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Lionel Messi fumes at Copa America

Messi was furious with the decision [Reuters]

Lionel Messi claimed Argentina were treated unfairly at the Copa America and did not collect his bronze medal after being controversially sent off in the 2-1 third-place play-off win over Chile.

The Barcelona star was dismissed towards the end of the first half of Saturday's match in Sao Paulo following a confrontation with former Cardiff midfielder Gary Medel, who was also shown a red card.

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