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Messi booked for dive in first half of Copa America Centenario final

Referee Heber Lopes sent off one the Argentina star's opponents for a tackle on the No. 10 but also put Lionel Messi himself in the book for a dive.

Lionel Messi was put in the referee's book for a dive in the first half of the Copa America Centenario final.

Brazilian referee Heber Lopes gave the Argentine No. 10 a yellow card in the 40th minute for what he ruled was a dive in the Chile box.

Not everyone agreed, with former United States international forward Herculez Gomez among the dissenting voices.

Messi's yellow was hardly the only card Lopes handed out.