Barcelona assistant manager Alfred Schreuder has lifted the lid on the rough treatment handed out to Lionel Messi in La Liga, with rivals often looking to kick the mercurial Argentine into submission.
As a six-time Ballon d’Or winner and one of the finest talents to ever play the game, the 33-year-old superstar is always going to find himself as a centre of attention.
He can be unfairly singled out at times, as opponents endeavour to contain him by any means possible, but Messi often has the last laugh as he dusts himself down and delivers more moments of match-winning magic.