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Watch Atletico player telling team-mate where to ‘do’ injured Messi

Atletico Madrid's Diego Godin from Uruguay, center background,  heads the ball next to Levante's Pedro Lopez, left, and Papa Diop from Senegal, right, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium in Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

GREAT footballers get kicked around. That’s always been the case. Look at the savage treatment doled out to Pele in the ’66 World Cup, kicked out of the competition entirely.

These days, the world’s favourite is Lionel Messi and with all cameras pointing at him constantly, this week we saw him being deliberately targeted by the players of Atletico Madrid. With Messi injured, there’s a video showing Diego Godin clearly telling a team-mate to ‘do’ the Barcelona forward.

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Posted: 4th, September 2013 | In: Sports | Comment