Crying Paulo Dybala explains how Lionel Messi comforted him after red card
Paulo Dybala, Juventus' striker, suffered a bad moment during Argentina vs Uruguay, when he was sent off on his international debut. A situation that, curiously Lionel Messi also went through on his debut too.
Messi was one of the first to console Dybala, who left the pitch in tears. Dybala explained to Ole: "Now I am calm, but Thursday was bad.
"It was an ugly moment, because it was a special day and it didn't go how I hoped. I was left with a sensation in the chest that I've never had before.
"Or actually, once. With Instituto, when we could not go up in 2012. But this time it was stronger than me. Because I don't cry. At home nobody's seen me cry. And now the whole country has. And the world.
"Leo Messi told me to be calm, that these things happen, that it was not my fault but the referee's. I felt good, comfortable playing with Messi.
"We had spoken in training about how I was going to play, depending where Leo was positioned, I would change with him. If he was in the middle, I'd go wide. I'd never played with Messi. My dream was to do that, and I did.
"I enjoyed it until the referee sent me off. I tried to help because he is the leader of the team. It's incredible to play by his side."
