LIONEL MESSI refused to shake the hand of the referee after Barcelona’s Champions League victory over Napoli.
It was a huge surprise as Barca had benefited from a highly debatable penalty in their 4-2 aggregate win.
Argentine Messi, 33, scored a stunning individual goal.
But he still was not happy at some of Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir’s decisions during his side’s 3-1 win at the Nou Camp.
Messi was furious after a sensational ‘goal’ was chalked off by Cakir.
But it was disallowed by the VAR for handball.
Messi was man-of-the-match after a stunning performance.
But he snubbed Cakir at the end.
Cakir gave Barca a dodgy penalty which was converted by ex-Liverpool star Luis Suarez on 45 minutes.
This was after a foul by £90m-rated Manchester United target Kalidou Koulibaly.
But he also awarded the Italians a spot-kick.
This was converted by Lorenzo Insigne five minutes into first-half stoppage time.
Barca saw out the rest of the second half almost in training-ground pace as Napoli offered little threat.
It means Barca move on to meet Bayern Munich in the quarter-final.
Messi has been linked with a summer move away from Barca.
Inter Milan and Manchester City are chasing the six-time Ballon d’Or winner.
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