Abidal Celebrates Pedro's Goal By Slapping Messi

Eric Abidal accidentally gave Lionel Messi a slap in the face after Pedro ( or Pedrito, as I like to call him) scored a goal in the El Derbi Barceloni ( Catalan derby) between Barcelona and Espanyol. Abidal slapped Messi as he was going to involve himself in their post-goal celebration group hug.

The ever so cool Messi just left it in the back of his head.

Run, Pedro, RUN!

A confusion between the Spanish Football Federation and FC Barcelona left the Catalan club late to Estadio Reyno de Navarra, home of FC Osasuna. Read the full story of El Confusion here but imagine this happening everyday. A famous footballer running across you at the train station. Lace up, stalkers!

The confusion might have lead people to expect Barcelona to slip (especially with the fatigue from travelling) but Messi was the man of the match after slipping in a pass for Pedrito in the first half and added by a superb run and a goal from the spot in the second half.

Picture nicked from the twitter account of @marcosperiodico. All credits go to him.