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Barcelona’s appeal against Lionel Messi’s yellow card for time-wasting after he was hit on the head by a plastic bottle in Sunday’s La Liga game at Valencia has been rejected by the Spanish football federation.

Messi was celebrating Barça’s 94th-minute winner with his team-mates near the corner flag at the Mestalla stadium when the bottle was thrown from the stands.

Messi was examined by a member of Barcelona’s medical staff after the final whistle and did not appear to be injured, giving the thumbs-up as he walked off the pitch.

The federation’s competition committee confirmed the caution, rejecting the appeal Barça lodged on Tuesday.

Via The Guardian